Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - indeterminate
Indeterminate
indeterminate
adj. 1 not fixed in extent, character, etc. 2 left doubtful; vague. 3 Math. (of a quantity) not limited to a fixed value by the value of another quantity. 4 (of a judicial sentence) such that the convicted person's conduct determines the date of release. Phrases and idioms indeterminate vowel the obscure vowel heard in ' a mom ent ago'; a schwa. Derivatives indeterminacy n. indeterminately adv. indeterminateness n. Etymology: ME f. LL indeterminatus (as IN-(1), DETERMINATE)
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adjective Etymology: Middle English indeterminat, from Late Latin indeterminatus, from Latin in+ determinatus, past participle of determinare to determine Date: 14th century 1. not definitely or precisely determined or fixed ; vague, not known in advance, not leading to a definite end or result, having an infinite number of solutions , being one of the seven undefined mathematical expressions 0/0, ∞/∞, ∞∙0, 1∞, 0º, ∞º, ∞ ∞, characterized by sequential flowering from the lateral or basal buds to the central or uppermost buds, ~ly adverb ~ness noun indetermination noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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