de·ter·mi·nate /dɪˈtɝmənət/
 (a.)確定的,一定的,決定的
 de·ter·mi·nate /dɪˈtɝm(ə)nət/ 形容詞
 (拉determinatus)有限的,定型的
 determinate
 時間確定型
 determinate
 地點確定型
 determinate
 確定
 De·ter·mi·nate a.
 1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
    Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.   --Dryden.
 2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
    The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.   --Acts ii. 23.
 3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
    My determinate voyage.   --Shak.
 4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
    More determinate to do than skillful how to do.   --Sir P. Sidney.
 Determinate inflorescence Bot., that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which puts a limit to its growth; -- also called centrifugal inflorescence.
 Determinate problem Math., a problem which admits of a limited number of solutions.
 Determinate quantities, Determinate equations Math., those that are finite in the number of values or solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem or equation determine the number.
 De·ter·mi·nate v. t. To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. [Obs.]
 The sly, slow hours shall not determinate
 The dateless limit of thy dear exile.   --Shak.
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 determinate
      adj 1: 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" [ant: indeterminate]
      2: not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex;
         "determinate growth" [ant: indeterminate]
      3: supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a
         definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem"
         [syn: definitive]