indeterminate : Idioms & Phrases
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Indeterminate analysis
(Math.) , that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems.
Webster 1913
Indeterminate coefficients
(Math.) , coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined.
Webster 1913
Indeterminate equation
(Math.) , an equation in which the unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values, or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate when it contains more unknown quantities than there are equations.
Webster 1913
Indeterminate inflorescence
(Bot.) , a mode of inflorescence in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the stem indefinitely; called alsoacropetal, botryose, centripetal, ∧ indefinite inflorescence . Gray.
Webster 1913
Indeterminate problem
(Math.) , a problem which admits of an infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or required results.
Webster 1913
Indeterminate quantity
(Math.) , a quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition.
Webster 1913
Indeterminate series
(Math.) , a series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients.