indeterminate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/
indeterminate
- Not accurately determined or determinable.
- Imprecise or vague.
- (mathematics, of certain forms of limit) Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
- (biology, of growth) With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
- (botany, of inflorescences) Not topped with some form of terminal bud.
- Intersex.
- (architecture) Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.
- 2014, David Oakley, The Phenomenon of Architecture in Cultures in Change (page 196)
- It bears an affinity to the problem of indeterminate architecture—the indeterminate residential area.
- 2014, David Oakley, The Phenomenon of Architecture in Cultures in Change (page 196)
- French: indéterminé
- German: unbestimmt
- Italian: indeterminato
- Spanish: indeterminado
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