determinate
adjective
1. precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
- a determinate distance
- a determinate number
- determinate variations in animals
Similar word(s): fixed
2. not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
- determinate growth
Similar word(s): cymose
3. supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
- a determinate answer to the problem
Similar word(s): conclusive, definitive
noun
1. (philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
verb
1. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.