āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
indeterminate
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indeterminate
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āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤, āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ
not known, measured, or specified precisely
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His exact arrival time was indeterminate, leaving everyone unsure of when he would show up.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
02
(of a plant) capable of continuing to grow at the apex without predetermined limits
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The gardener prefers indeterminate vines for continuous flowering.
03
(of a quantity or equation) having no definite value
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The mathematician studied indeterminate forms in calculus.
04
āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ, āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°
(of a judicial sentence) establishing a range of time within which the offender will serve their sentence, with the possibility of early release
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The judge took into account the potential for rehabilitation when deciding to impose an indeterminate sentence.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
indeterminate
determinate
determine
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