Definitions of determinate

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

2. Determinately.

3. 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"

4. not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; " determinate growth"

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

6. Conclusive; decisive; positive.

7. Having definite or fixed limits; clearly defined; specific.

8. Determined or limited: fixed: decisive.

9. Fixed; definite.

10. Definite; fixed.

11. Limited or definite; settled or positive; decisive; resolute. A determinate problem, a problem which admits of one solution only, or of a limited number of solutions.

12. With certain limits; inflorescence with the primary axis terminated early with a flower- bud; cleavage.