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Synonyms for indeterminate

not precisely determined or established

having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex

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of uncertain or ambiguous nature

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not capable of being determined

not leading to a definite ending or result

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John's appurtenance to the campus is indeterminate.
Therefore, the relationship (research cooperation) between campus Coronado and the Nevada Research Laboratory is indeterminate at this moment.
t% true, i% indeterminate, and f% false, and elucidate (t,i,f)--principles.
A (t,i,f)--attribute means an attribute that is t% true (or probable), i% indeterminate (with respect to the true/probable and false/improbable), and f% false/improbable-where t,i,f are subsets of the unitary interval [0,1].
It's called a dwarf indeterminate (or ISI, for indeterminate short-internode), and it combines the best characteristics of both indeterminate and determinate plants.
The advantage of an indeterminate plant is that it produces fruit throughout the season.
We planted `Better Bush', `Husky Cherry Red', `Husky Gold', `Husky Pink', and `Husky Red' compact indeterminate varieties in Sunset's test garden in Menlo Park, California.
(5) In the particular case of TR, this principle entails that if having and experience with phenomenal character Q is being in a state that represents C, then "has an experience with phenomenal character Q" and "represents C" (or "is a representation of C") match in their borderline profiles: if it is indeterminate whether an experience has phenomenal character Q, then is also indeterminate whether the corresponding mental state represents C and the other way around.
I submit that TR is committed to the claim (i) that it can be indeterminate whether a subject's state M represents C (is a representation of C) and, at the same time, indeterminate whether it does not represent anything at all--"represents C" and "does not represent anything at all" are interindeterminates according to TR and, hence, if V-identity is true, (ii) that it can be indeterminate whether a subject's state M has phenomenal character PC and, at the same time, indeterminate whether there is something it is like to be in M--"has phenomenal character PC" and "lacks phenomenal character" are interindeterminates.
The claim (i) that it can be indeterminate whether a state M represents C and, at the same time, indeterminate whether it does not represent anything at all is a consequence of one of the two principles that TR endorses: Teleological.
An indeterminate stem continues terminal growth as long as lateral growth continues, and produces a stem that is tapered in thickness from tip to base.
Accessions in the USDA soybean germplasm collection are scored phenotypically from 1 (very determinate) to 5 (very indeterminate) (Bernard et al., 1998).
The dominant gene pair [Dt.sub.1][Dt.sub.1] determined the indeterminate phenotype, while [Dt.sub.1][Dt.sub.1] was expressed phenotypically as semideterminate in the same two backgrounds.
"Indeterminate" varieties, on the other hand, are vining plants that gobble up territory and keep producing fruit until frost.
Catalogs are increasingly identifying tomatoes as "determinate" of "indeterminate" to facilitate your choice.