Definizione monolingua

determinate

d?termin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?termin?

determinate (plural determinates)

1. (philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
   • 2007,, David Denby, “Generating possibilities”, Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, DOI:10.1007/s11098-007-9159-z:?

     And since being negatively-charged and being positively-charged are determinates of the same determinable, [D5] will not permit us to infer worlds where anything negatively-charged is also positively-charged.

determinate (not comparable)

1. Distinct, clearly defined. [from 14th c.]
2. Fixed, set, unvarying. [from 16th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:

     hym have ye taken by the hondes of unrightewes persones, after he was delivered by the determinat counsell and foreknowledge of God, and have crucified and slayne hym [...].

3. (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.

determinate

1. present adverbial passive participle of determini

Definizione dizionario determinate

deciso

determinato

fisso

Altri significati:

(botany) Of plants in which growth of the axis is terminated by the generation of reproductive structures.

limited, defined

Limited, defined, resolved, decided.