1. determinate - Noun
2. determinate - Adjective
3. determinate - Verb
4. determinate - Adjective Satellite
Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
Determined or resolved upon.
To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not well defined. David Bohm
Infinity, in its first form (the improper-infinite) presents itself as a variable finite [veranderliches Endliches]; in the other form (which I call the proper infinite [Eigentlich-unendliche]) it appears as a thoroughly determinate [bestimmtes] infinite. Georg Cantor
If there is some determinate succession of defined whole real numbers, among which there exists no greatest, on the basis of this second principle of generation a new number is obtained which is regarded as the limit of those numbers, i. e. is defined as the next greater number than all of them. Georg Cantor
In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious. Terry Pratchett
Legree had had the slumbering moral elements in him roused by his encounters with Tom, - roused, only to be resisted by the determinate force of evil; but still there was a thrill and commotion of the dark, inner world, produced by every word, or prayer, or hymn, that reacted in superstitious dread. Harriet Beecher Stowe
For no one's authority ought to rank so high as to set a value on his words and terms even though nothing clear and determinate lies behind them. George Berkeley