01 a. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
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Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.“Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.” — Dryden.
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Conclusive; decisive; positive.“The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.” — Acts ii. 23.
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Determined or resolved upon.[Obs.]“My determinate voyage.” — Shak.
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Of determined purpose; resolute.[Obs.]“More determinate to do than skillful how to do.” — Sir P. Sidney.
Phrases & compounds
Determinate inflorescence —
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 —
a problem which admits of a limited number of solutions.
Determinate quantities —
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.