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Determinateness

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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.
[Middle English, from Latin dtermintus, past participle of dterminre, to determine; see determine.]
de·termi·nate·ly adv.
de·termi·nate·ness n.
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Noun1.determinateness - the quality of being predictable with great confidence
definiteness
conclusiveness, finality, decisiveness - the quality of being final or definitely settled; "the finality of death"
predictability - the quality of being predictable


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Yates; on the comic, Tom Bertram, not quite alone, because it was evident that Mary Crawford's wishes, though politely kept back, inclined the same way: but his determinateness and his power seemed to make allies unnecessary; and, independent of this great irreconcilable difference, they wanted a piece containing very few characters in the whole, but every character first-rate, and three principal women.
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