"indeterminate" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/ Forms: more indeterminate [comparative], most indeterminate [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} indeterminate (comparative more indeterminate, superlative most indeterminate)
  1. Not accurately determined or determinable. Translations (not accurately determined): неопределен (neopredelen) (Bulgarian), indeterminat (Catalan), indéterminé (French), unbestimmt (German), határozatlan (Hungarian), bizonytalan (Hungarian), nedeterminita (Ido), neamhchinntithe (Irish), indeterminato (Italian), indeterminado (Spanish), obestämd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-en-adj-hcjk1gBD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 22 10 18 0 2 11 10 Disambiguation of 'not accurately determined': 45 2 25 3 19 0 6
  2. Imprecise or vague.
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-en-adj-xuVni1dS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 22 10 18 0 2 11 10
  3. (mathematical analysis, of certain forms of limit) Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations. Categories (topical): Mathematical analysis
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-en-adj--vz-WH~5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 22 10 18 0 2 11 10 Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences
  4. (biology, of growth) With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-en-adj-Gl9F0ITH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 22 10 18 0 2 11 10 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  5. (botany, of inflorescences) Not topped with some form of terminal bud. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-en-adj-KQhSI64U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 22 10 18 0 2 11 10 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  6. Intersex.
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-en-adj-4PMfiBPd
  7. (architecture) Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-en-adj-pmIFy0WA Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: indeterminant Derived forms: indeterminate equation, indeterminate form, indeterminate growth, indeterminate imperfective, indeterminately, indeterminateness, indeterminate state, indeterminate system, indeterminate verb, statically indeterminate Related terms: indeterminacy

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/ Forms: indeterminates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} indeterminate (plural indeterminates)
  1. (algebra, strict sense) A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value; Tags: strict-sense Categories (topical): Algebra
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-en-noun-b42sA~yB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 22 10 18 0 2 11 10 Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
  2. (algebra, strict sense) A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value; Tags: strict-sense Categories (topical): Algebra
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-en-noun-bxzDIghs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 22 10 18 0 2 11 10 Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: indefinite, undetermined Translations (symbol that never takes a value): indéterminée [feminine] (French), Unbestimmte [feminine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'symbol that never takes a value': 50 50

Adjective [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} indeterminate
  1. feminine plural of indeterminato Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: indeterminato
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-it-adj-LI0eyRCX Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: indētermināte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=indētermināte}} indētermināte
  1. vocative masculine singular of indēterminātus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: indēterminātus
    Sense id: en-indeterminate-la-adj-Cw1VSOsC Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "neopredelen",
      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "неопределен"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "indeterminat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "indéterminé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "unbestimmt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "határozatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "bizonytalan"
    },
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "nedeterminita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "neamhchinntithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "indeterminato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "indeterminado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not accurately determined",
      "word": "obestämd"
    }
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