indeterminate

Definitions


[ˌɪndɪˈtəːmɪnət], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not exactly known, established, or defined
(e.g: the carpet is an indeterminate dull shade)

- (of a shoot) not having all the axes terminating in a flower bud and so potentially of indefinite length


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Origin:
early 17th century: from late Latin indeterminatus, from in- ‘not’ + Latin determinatus ‘limited, determined’ (see determinate)




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