1. Not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
   "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future"; "of indeterminate age";
   - undetermined
    
2. Of uncertain or ambiguous nature
   "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"
    
3. (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved
   "0/0 is an indeterminate form"
    
4. Not leading to a definite ending or result
   "an indeterminate campaign"
    
5. (botany) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
   "an indeterminate stem"

See also: ambiguous, cost-plus, equivocal, inconclusive, indeterminable, open-ended, racemose, uncertain, undeterminable, unsure

Antonym: determinate

Encyclopedia: Indeterminate