Determinate vs. Indeterminate — What's the Difference?

Precisely limited or defined; definite

Not exactly known, established, or defined

Conclusively settled; final.

(of a shoot) not having all the axes terminating in a flower bud and so potentially of indefinite length.

Firm in purpose; resolute.

Not precisely determined, determinable, or established

Terminating in a flower and blooming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower

Not precisely fixed, as to extent, size, nature, or number

Not continuing indefinitely at the tip of an axis

Lacking clarity or precision, as in meaning; vague

Distinct, clearly defined.

Not fixed or known in advance

Fixed, set, unvarying.

Not leading up to a definite result or ending

(biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.

(Botany) Not terminating in a flower and continuing to grow at the apex

Conclusive; decisive; positive.

(Mathematics) Having more than one variable and an infinite number of solutions, such as the equation 5x2 + 3y = 10.

(obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.

Not accurately determined or determinable.

Of determined purpose; resolute.

Imprecise or vague.

(philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.

Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.

(obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.

With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.

Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.

Not topped with some form of terminal bud.

Conclusive; decisive; positive.

Intersex.

Determined or resolved upon.

(architecture) Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.

Of determined purpose; resolute.

A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value;
(loose sense) a variable.

To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine.

Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years.

Precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause;

Not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance;

Not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex;

Having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex;

Supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement;

Of uncertain or ambiguous nature;

Not capable of being determined;

Not leading to a definite ending or result;