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/ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/ · in·de·ter·mi·nate
adjective
- Not accurately determined or determinable. The exact number of attendees remains indeterminate until the doors open.
- Imprecise or vague. His answer was indeterminate, leaving everyone unsure of his true intentions.
- (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. The expression 0/0 is an indeterminate form in calculus.
noun
- Something that is indeterminate; an indeterminate quantity or condition. The scientist referred to the unknown variable as an indeterminate in the equation.
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Did you know? In mathematics, the term 'indeterminate form' describes expressions like 0/0 that lack a unique limit, a concept that puzzled mathematicians until the development of calculus.