adj
1. not leading to a definite ending or result
e.g. an indeterminate campaign
2. not capable of being determined
e.g. the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle
3. not precisely determined or established
not fixed or known in advance
e.g. of indeterminate age
a zillion is a large indeterminate number
an indeterminate point of law
the influence of environment is indeterminate
an indeterminate future
Synonym: undetermined
4. having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
e.g. an indeterminate stem
5. of uncertain or ambiguous nature
e.g. the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists