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determinate

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de⋅ter⋅mi⋅nate

  [adj. di-tur-muh-nit; v. di-tur-muh-neyt] adjective, verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. having defined limits; definite.
2. settled; positive.
3. conclusive; final.
4. resolute.
5. Botany. (of an inflorescence) having the primary and each secondary axis ending in a flower or bud, thus preventing further elongation.
6. Engineering.
a. (of a structure) able to be analyzed completely by means of the principles of statics.
b. (of a member of a structure) subject only to definite, known stresses.
c. (of a stress) able to be determined through the principles of statics.
–verb (used with object)
7. to make certain of.
8. to identify.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L dēterminātus, ptp. of dētermināre. See determine, -ate 1

Related forms:
de⋅ter⋅mi⋅nate⋅ly, adverb
de⋅ter⋅mi⋅nate⋅ness, noun
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de·ter·mi·nate   (dĭ-tûr'mə-nĭt)   
adj.  

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

  2. Conclusively settled; final.

  3. Firm in purpose; resolute.

  4. Botany

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

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


[Middle English, from Latin dēterminātus, past participle of dētermināre, to determine; see determine.]
de·ter'mi·nate·ly adv., de·ter'mi·nate·ness n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: de·ter·mi·nate
Pronunciation: di-'t&rm-(&-)n&t
Function: adjective
: relating to, being, or undergoingdeterminate cleavage determinate egg>
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Science Dictionary
determinate   (dĭ-tûr'mə-nĭt)  Pronunciation Key 

  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.


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