determinate

de·ter·mi·nate  (d-tûrm-nt)

adj.

1. Precisely limited or defined; definite: a determinate number; a determinate distance.

2. Conclusively settled; final.

3. Firm in purpose; resolute.

4. Botany

a. Terminating in a flower and blooming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower; cymose: a determinate inflorescence.

b. Not continuing indefinitely at the tip of an axis: determinate growth.

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[Middle English, from Latin dtermintus, past participle of dterminre, to determine; see determine.]

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de·termi·nate·ly adv.

de·termi·nate·ness n.

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determinate

Adjective

definitely limited or fixed

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determinate  (d-tûrm-nt)

1. Precisely determined, limited, or defined.

2. Not continuing to grow at an apical meristem. In the cyme, a determinate inflorescence, for example, the first floret develops at the end of the meristem, and no further elongation of the inflorescence can occur.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	determinate - precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals" indeterminate, undetermined - not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future"
	2.	determinate - not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth" phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants indeterminate - having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem"
	3.	determinate - supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem" definitive conclusive - forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; "conclusive proof"; "the evidence is conclusive"