determinate

Meanings

Plural: determinates

Adjective

• precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
  • "a determinate distance"
  • "a determinate number"
  • "determinate variations in animals"
• not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
  • "determinate growth"

Adjective Satellite

• supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
  • "a determinate answer to the problem"

Adj

• Distinct, clearly defined.
• Fixed, determined, set, unvarying.
• Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
• Conclusive; decisive; positive.
• Determined or resolved upon.
• Of determined purpose; resolute.

Noun

• A single state of a particular determinable attribute.

Verb

• To bring to an end; to determine.

Synonyms

definitive

Antonyms

antonym(s) of, indeterminate, nondeterminate

Related Words

determinacy, determination, determine, deterministic

Anagrams of determinate