Hypertext Webster Gateway: "determinate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Determinate \De*ter"mi*nate\, v. t.
To bring to an end; to determine. See {Determine}. [Obs.]

The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless
limit of thy dear exile. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Determinate \De*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of
determinare. See {Determine}.]
1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed;
established; definite.

Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
--Dryden.

2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.

The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
--Acts ii. 23.

3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]

My determinate voyage. --Shak.

4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]

More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
--Sir P.
Sidney.

{Determinate inflorescence} (Bot.), that in which the
flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which
puts a limit to its growth; -- also called {centrifugal
inflorescence}.

{Determinate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of a
limited number of solutions.

{Determinate quantities}, {Determinate equations} (Math.),
those that are finite in the number of values or
solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem
or equation determine the number.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

determinate
adj 1: 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" [ant: {indeterminate}]
2: (botany) not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex;
"determinate growth" [ant: {indeterminate}]
3: supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a
definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem"
[syn: {definitive}]


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