释义 |
Adjective: indeterminate `indi'turmunut- Not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
"of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future" - undetermined - Having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
"an indeterminate stem" - Of uncertain or ambiguous nature
"the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists" - Not capable of being determined
"the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle" - Not leading to a definite ending or result
"an indeterminate campaign"
See also: ambiguous, cost-plus, equivocal, inconclusive, indeterminable, indeterminateness, open-ended, racemose, uncertain, undeterminable Antonym: determinate Encyclopedia: Indeterminate |