˜yÐÄvlog

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indetermination

[ in-di-tur-muh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the quality or condition of being indeterminate.
  2. an unsettled state, as of the mind.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of indetermination1

First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion
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Example Sentences

The ironical submission with which it opened, and the assumed indetermination with which it closed, were hardly intended to mask the vigorous assertion of Copernican principles which formed its substance.

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A polar point of indetermination is a point about which the function can be expressed as a quotient of two converging power series, both of which vanish at the point.

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To finite nature it belongs to be, in a certain sense, indeterminate, since being finite, it has always in itself powers that are not realized; this indetermination diminishes as these powers are realized.

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But as an object of the effort of ambitious artists I can not believe it will widely survive the knowledge that it is merely a convenience, a form of mumble and indetermination in their art.

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In the end, adaptation to the world at large, where so much is hidden and unintelligible, is only possible piecemeal, by groping with a genuine indetermination in one’s aims.

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