determinate
having defined limits; definite.
settled; positive.
conclusive; final.
Botany. (of an inflorescence) having the primary and each secondary axis ending in a flower or bud, thus preventing further elongation.
Engineering.
(of a structure) able to be analyzed completely by means of the principles of statics.
(of a member of a structure) subject only to definite, known stresses.
(of a stress) able to be determined through the principles of statics.
to make certain of.
to identify.
Origin of determinate
1Other words from determinate
- de·ter·mi·nate·ly, adverb
- de·ter·mi·nate·ness, noun
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How to use determinate in a sentence
This advice the goddess very artfully and determinately carried out.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanIn every direction her frontier is determinately advanced, while thousands of strange people are submitting to her sway.
Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh | Lin-LeThis time, however, it said to itself determinately: "The revolution shall not cheat us a third time."
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte | Karl Marx"Naked truth, unglossed over," she pursued, bending her eyes determinately upon him.
East Lynne | Mrs. Henry WoodBut I know you call not this a form of government, unless as determinately managed by one, many or most.
A Christian Directory | Baxter Richard
British Dictionary definitions for determinate
/ (dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt) /
definitely limited, defined, or fixed; distinct
a less common word for determined
able to be predicted or deduced
(of an effect) obeying the law of causality
botany (of an inflorescence) having the main and branch stems ending in flowers and unable to grow further; cymose
(of a structure, stress, etc) able to be fully analysed or determined
Derived forms of determinate
- determinately, adverb
- determinateness, noun
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Scientific definitions for determinate
[ dĭ-tûr′mə-nĭt ]
Precisely determined, limited, or defined.
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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