determinate

(dĭ-tûr'mə-nĭt)
adj.

1. Precisely limited or defined; definite: a determinate number; a determinate distance.
2. Conclusively settled; final.
3. Firm in purpose; resolute.
4. Botany.
   1. Terminating in a flower and blooming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower; cymose: a determinate inflorescence.
   2. Not continuing indefinitely at the tip of an axis: determinate growth.

[Middle English, from Latin dēterminātus, past participle of dētermināre, to determine. See determine.]

determinately de·ter'mi·nate·ly adv.
determinateness de·ter'mi·nate·ness n.

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adjective

Having distinct limits: definite, fixed, limited. See limited/unlimited.

A term used to describe a plant whose terminal growth is stopped by the production of a flower and fruit cluster. Determinate tomato cultivars, for example, are compact plants that bear their entire crop over a short season. See also indeterminate.

See words rhyming with "determinate."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - begrænset, bestemt

Nederlands (Dutch)
bepaald, vastomlijnd, afgebakend, definitief

Français (French)
adj. - déterminé, décidé, résolu, établi (quantité)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - begrenzt, bestimmt, eindeutig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - περιορισμένος, καθορισμένος, συγκεκριμένος

Italiano (Italian)
determinato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - determinado, estabelecido

Русский (Russian)
определенный, окончательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - determinado, fijo, definido, resoluto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bestämd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
确定的, 决定的, 一定的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 確定的, 決定的, 一定的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 명확한, 확정적인, 일관된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 限定された, 確定の, 一定の, 確定的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) محدد, مقرر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קבוע, מוגדר‬

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