indeterminacy Definition

indeterminate
adj

1. Not precisely or exactly fixed, determined or settled.

Example: an indeterminate number of guests
Thesaurus: imprecise, unspecified, inconclusive, undefined, uncertain, undecided, unfixed, unstated, unstipulated, vague, open-ended; Antonym: exact, definite.
2. Doubtful; vague.

Example: an indeterminate outlook
3. math.
Said of an equation: having more than one variable and an infinite number of possible solutions.
4. math.
Denoting an expression that has no defined or fixed value, or that has no quantitative meaning, eg 0/0.
5. bot.
Denoting growth of a plant that continues indefinitely.

Derivative: indeterminacy
noun

Derivative: indeterminately
adverb

Derivative: indeterminateness

Being indeterminate.

Lack of determination.

Absence of direction.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin indeterminatus.