determinate

(noun, adjective, verb)

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.