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 [dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt]

adj

1. definitely limited, defined, or fixed; distinct

2. a less common word for determined

3. (Philosophy / Logic)

a.  able to be predicted or deduced

b.  (of an effect) obeying the law of causality

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany (of an inflorescence) having the main and branch stems ending in flowers and unable to grow further; cymose

5. (of a structure, stress, etc.) able to be fully analysed or determined

determinately  adv

determinateness  n

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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"

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determinate

adjective definite, decided, certain, limited, established, express, determined, settled, positive, fixed, defined, absolute, precise, distinct, specified, decisive, explicit, definitive, conclusive, quantified the exclusive possession of land for some determinate period

Translations

determinate [dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt] ADJ (frm) (= fixed) → determinado (Jur) [sentence] → definitivo

determinate [dɪˈtɜː^rmɪnət] adj (= specific) → déterminé(e)

determinate

adj number, period etc → bestimmt, begrenzt; concept → festgelegt; direction → bestimmt