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indeterminate
  • Derivatives : n  indeterminateness ; adv  indeterminately
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

indeterminate [.ɪndɪ'tɝmənɪt] [.ɪndɪ'təːmɪnɪt]
  1. 1. adjective 不确定的,不明确的;尤指(界限性质等)不明确的;无定限的;不确知的,模糊的
    an indeterminate amount
    不定数量
  2. 2. adjective 不确定的,不明确的;尤指尚未解决的,未决定的未知的,仍可疑的;不会结果的
  3. 3. adjective [Botany] 【同义词】racemose
  4. 4. adjective [Botany] 花被花苞分隔而未覆盖着的
  5. 5. adjective [Mathematics] 不确定的未定元

Collins English-English Dictionary

indeterminate ["ɪndɪ't3ːmɪnɪt]
  1. 1. adj uncertain in extent, amount, or nature
  2. 2. adj not definite; inconclusive
    an indeterminate reply
  3. 3. adj unable to be predicted, calculated, or deduced
  4. 4. adj [Physics] (of an effect) not obeying the law of causality; noncausal
  5. 5. adj [maths] having no numerical meaning, as 0.00 or 0/0
  6. 6. adj (of an equation) having more than one variable and an unlimited number of solutions
  7. 7. adj another word for indefinite
  8. 8. adj [Botany] (of a structure, framework, etc) comprising forces that cannot be fully analysed, esp by vector analysis

Examples

The old clear-cut certainties dissolved into an indeterminate haze.
从前那些历历在目的事实如今已化成了模糊的迷雾。
A zillion is a large indeterminate number.
一个无限大的数字就是一个很大但不确定的数字。

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