Indeterminate
Indeterminate , adjective
[Latin indeterminatus.]
Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. — Paley
Collocations (7)
Indeterminate analysis (Mathematics) , that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems.
Indeterminate coefficients (Mathematics) , coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined.
Indeterminate equation (Mathematics) , an equation in which the unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values, or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate when it contains more unknown quantities than there are equations.
Indeterminate inflorescence (Botany) , a mode of inflorescence in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the stem indefinitely; -- called also acropetal inflorescence, botryose inflorescence, centripetal inflorescence, and indefinite inflorescence. — Gray
Indeterminate problem (Mathematics) , a problem which admits of an infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or required results.
Indeterminate quantity (Mathematics) , a quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition.
Indeterminate series (Mathematics) , a series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients.