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indefinite - 4 dictionary results
in⋅def⋅i⋅nite
[in-def-uh-nit]
–adjective
| 1. | not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number. |
| 2. | not clearly defined or determined; not precise or exact: an indefinite boundary; an indefinite date in the future. |
| 3. | Grammar.
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| 4. | Botany.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Indefinite
In*def"i*nite\, a. [L. indefinitus. See In- not, and Definite.]1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc. It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that." --Boyle. The time of this last is left indefinite. --Dryden. 2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line. Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension. --Spectator. 3. Boundless; infinite. [R.] Indefinite and omnipresent God, Inhabiting eternity. --W. Thompson (1745). 4. (Bot.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate. Indefinite article (Gram.), the word a or an, used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class. Indefinite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Indeterminate inflorescence, under Indeterminate. Indefinite proposition (Logic), a statement whose subject is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution; as, Man is mortal. Indefinite term (Logic), a negative term; as, the not-good. Syn: Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate; loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : indefinite
Spanish:
indefinido,
German:
unbegrenzt,
Japanese:
不定の
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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