English-Thai Dictionary

indeterminate

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่แน่ ชัด  คลุมเครือ  ไม่ ชัดแจ้ง  indefinite vague definite determinate obvious sueng-mai-nea-chad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDETERMINATE

a.[in and determinate. ] 1. Not determinate; not settled or fixed; not definite; uncertain; as an indeterminate number of years.
2. Not certain; not precise.

 

INDETERMINATELY

adv. Not in any settled manner; indefinitely; not with precise limits; as a space indeterminately large. 1. Not with certainty or precision of signification; as an idea indeterminately expressed.

 

INDETERMINATENESS

n.Indefiniteness; want of certain limits; want of precision.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INDETERMINATE

In `de *ter "mi *nate, a. Etym: [L. indeterminatus.]

 

Defn: Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. Paley. Indeterminate analysis (Math. ), that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems. -- Indeterminate coefficients (Math. ), coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined. -- Indeterminate equation (Math. ), an equation in which the unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values, or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate when it contains more unknown quantities than there are equations. -- Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot. ), a mode of inflorescence in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the stem indefinitely; -- called also acropetal, botryose, centripetal, and indefinite inflorescence. Gray. -- Indeterminate problem (Math. ), a problem which admits of an infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or required results. -- Indeterminate quantity (Math. ), a quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition. -- Indeterminate series (Math. ), a series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients. -- In `de *ter "mi *nate *ly adv. -- In `de *ter "mi *nate *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

indeterminate

in de ter mi nate |ˌindiˈtərmənit ɪnˈtɜːrmɪnət | ▶adjective not exactly known, established, or defined: the date of manufacture is indeterminate. • (of a judicial sentence ) such that the convicted person's conduct determines the date of release. • Mathematics (of a quantity ) having no definite or definable value. • Medicine (of a condition ) from which a diagnosis of the underlying cause cannot be made: indeterminate colitis. • Botany (of a plant shoot ) not having all the axes terminating in a flower bud and so producing a shoot of indefinite length. DERIVATIVES in de ter mi na cy |-nəsē |noun, in de ter mi nate ly adverb, in de ter mi nate ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin indeterminatus, from in- ‘not ’ + Latin determinatus ‘limited, determined ’ (see determinate ).

 

indeterminate vowel

in de ter mi nate vow el ▶noun Phonetics the vowel heard in “ a mom e nt a go ”; a schwa.

 

Oxford Dictionary

indeterminate

indeterminate |ˌɪndɪˈtəːmɪnət | ▶adjective 1 not exactly known, established, or defined: the carpet is an indeterminate dull shade | the date of manufacture is indeterminate. • (of a judicial sentence ) not of a fixed length but dependent on the convicted person's conduct. • Mathematics (of a quantity ) having no definite or definable value. • Medicine (of a condition ) from which a diagnosis of the underlying cause cannot be made: indeterminate colitis. 2 Botany (of a shoot ) not having all the axes terminating in a flower bud and so potentially of indefinite length. DERIVATIVES indeterminacy noun, indeterminately adverb, indeterminateness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin indeterminatus, from in- ‘not ’ + Latin determinatus ‘limited, determined ’ (see determinate ).

 

indeterminate vowel

in |de ¦ter ¦min |ate vowel |ə | ▶noun Phonetics the vowel |ə | heard in ‘ a mom e nt a go ’; a schwa.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

indeterminate

indeterminate adjective 1 an indeterminate period of time: undetermined, uncertain, unknown, unspecified, unstipulated, indefinite, unfixed. ANTONYMS known. 2 some indeterminate figures: vague, indefinite, unspecific, unclear, nebulous, indistinct; amorphous, shapeless, formless; hazy, faint, fuzzy, shadowy, dim. ANTONYMS definite, clear.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

indeterminate

indeterminate adjective 1 a woman of indeterminate age: undetermined, undefined, unspecified, unfixed, unsettled, indefinite, unknown, uncounted, uncertain, unpredictable. ANTONYMS known. 2 indeterminate background noise: vague, indefinite, unspecific, unclear, obscure, nebulous, indistinct, some kind of; ambiguous, ambivalent, equivocal; amorphous, shapeless, formless, unformed, unshaped, structureless, unstructured; inexact, imprecise, inexplicit, ill-defined; hazy, faint, shadowy, dim; rare nebulose. ANTONYMS definite, clear.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

indeterminate

in de ter mi nate /ɪ̀ndɪtə́ː r mɪnət /形容詞 1 不確定の, 漠然とした ; はっきりしない .2 〘数 〙〈数量が 〉不定の .～̀ v ó wel 〘音声 〙あいまい母音 〘agoのa /ə /の音 〙.～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞