Determinate
adjective
Clearly defined or decided; not leaving anything uncertain.
The company has a determinate strategy for dealing with crises.
Often appears as...
- determinate strategy
- determinate end
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Formal
adjective
In botany, a determinate plant stops growing after it reaches a certain size.
A determinate tomato plant will stop growing at a certain height, unlike indeterminate ones.
Often appears as...
- determinate growth
- determinate flower
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Technical
adjective
In mathematics, a determinant is a value that can be calculated from the elements of a square matrix.
The determinant of a matrix is determinate; it has a precise value.
Often appears as...
- determinate matrix
- determinate solution
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Clearly defined or decided; not leaving anything uncertain.
The company has a determinate strategy for dealing with crises.
Often appears as...
- determinate strategy
- determinate end
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
In botany, a determinate plant stops growing after it reaches a certain size.
A determinate tomato plant will stop growing at a certain height, unlike indeterminate ones.
Often appears as...
- determinate growth
- determinate flower
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
In mathematics, a determinant is a value that can be calculated from the elements of a square matrix.
The determinant of a matrix is determinate; it has a precise value.
Often appears as...
- determinate matrix
- determinate solution
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Business Clarity
Used when outcomes are pre-decided in professional contexts, conveying precision.
Their determinate policies left no room for confusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Probable
Signifies something is definitive, not just likely or probable, indicating high certainty.
His success was due to a determinate plan, not chance.
Pro Tip 3/3Decision Finality
Implies no change is expected once a decision is made; the matter is settled.
The board's choice was a determinate answer to the issue.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Clarity
Used when outcomes are pre-decided in professional contexts, conveying precision.
Their determinate policies left no room for confusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Probable
Signifies something is definitive, not just likely or probable, indicating high certainty.
His success was due to a determinate plan, not chance.
Pro Tip 3/3Decision Finality
Implies no change is expected once a decision is made; the matter is settled.
The board's choice was a determinate answer to the issue.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Clarity
Used when outcomes are pre-decided in professional contexts, conveying precision.
Their determinate policies left no room for confusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Probable
Signifies something is definitive, not just likely or probable, indicating high certainty.
His success was due to a determinate plan, not chance.
Pro Tip 3/3Decision Finality
Implies no change is expected once a decision is made; the matter is settled.
The board's choice was a determinate answer to the issue.
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know the three big ones and I think they're not linear and then determinate which is it's okay because as Joe Joseph Campbell said life is the act of becoming you never arrived so I'm happy
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know the three big ones and I think they're not linear and then determinate which is it's okay because as Joe Joseph Campbell said life is the act of becoming you never arrived so I'm happy
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Joseph Butler
English Clergyman
Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.
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David Bohm
American Scientist
In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not well defined.
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Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
Non-figurative art is created by establishing a dynamic rhythm of determinate mutual relations which excludes the formation of any particular form.
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Joseph Butler
English Clergyman
Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.
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David Bohm
American Scientist
In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not well defined.
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Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
Non-figurative art is created by establishing a dynamic rhythm of determinate mutual relations which excludes the formation of any particular form.
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