单词 | indeterminate |
释义 | indeterminate —indeterminately, adv. —indeterminateness, n. /in'di terr"meuh nit/, adj. 1. not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain. 2. not clear; vague. 3. not established. 4. not settled or decided. 5. Math. a. (of a quantity) undefined, as 0/0. b. (of an equation) able to be satisfied by more than one value for each unknown. 6. Bot. (of an inflorescence) having the axis or axes not ending in a flower or bud, thus allowing further elongation. n. 7. Math. something whose value is not specified: used esp. in abstract algebra; a variable. [1350-1400; ME < LL indeterminatus. See IN-3, DETERMINATE] Syn. 2. ambiguous. |
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