de·ter·mi·nate 
(d
-tûr
m
-n
t)
KEY ADJECTIVE:
- Precisely limited or defined; definite: a determinate number; a determinate distance.
- Conclusively settled; final.
- Firm in purpose; resolute.
- Botany
- Terminating in a flower and blooming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower; cymose: a determinate inflorescence.
- Not continuing indefinitely at the tip of an axis: determinate growth.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Latin
d
termin
tus, past participle of
dterminre,
to determine ; see
determineOTHER FORMS:de·termi·nate·ly(Adverb),
de·termi·nate·ness(Noun)
