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Definitions for indeterminable
ˌɪn dɪˈtɜr mə nə bəlin·de·ter·minable
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Princeton's WordNet
indeterminable, undeterminableadjective
not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained
indeterminableadjective
incapable of being definitely ascertained
Wiktionary
indeterminablenoun
An indeterminable thing or quantity.
indeterminableadjective
That is incapable of being measured
indeterminableadjective
That is incapable of being ascertained
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Indeterminableadjective
Not to be fixed; not to be defined or settled.
Etymology: in and determinable.
There is not only obscurity in the end, but beginning of the world; that as its period is inscrutable, so is its nativity indeterminable. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
ChatGPT
indeterminable
Indeterminable refers to something that cannot be definitely ascertained, understood, established or precisely categorized due to the lack of sufficient information, means, knowledge or because it is inherently unpredictable or variable.
Webster Dictionary
Indeterminableadjective
not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited
Indeterminablenoun
an indeterminable thing or quantity
Etymology: [L. indeterminabilis: cf. F. indterminable. See In- not, and Determine.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Indeterminable
in-de-tėr′min-a-bl, adj. not to be ascertained or fixed: (nat. hist.) not to be classified or fixed.—n. Indeter′minableness.—adv. Indeter′minably.—adj. Indeter′mināte, not determinate or fixed: uncertain: having no defined or fixed value.—adv. Indeter′minātely.—ns. Indeter′mināteness, Indeterminā′tion, want of determination: want of fixed direction.—adj. Indeter′mined, not determined: unsettled.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of indeterminable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of indeterminable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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