"determinate" in the adjective sense
1. determinate
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"
2. determinate
not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
"determinate growth"
3. definitive, determinate
supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
"a definitive verdict"
"a determinate answer to the problem"
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