\In`de*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. indeterminatus.]
Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not
precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
{Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis
   which has for its object the solution of indeterminate
   problems.
{Indeterminate coefficients} (Math.), coefficients
   arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to
   facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are
   subsequently determined.
{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.
{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 also {acropetal, botryose,
   centripetal, & indefinite inflorescence}. --Gray.
{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.
{Indeterminate quantity} (Math.), a quantity which has no
   fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with
   any proposed condition.
{Indeterminate series} (Math.), a series whose terms proceed
   by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also
   with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate
   coefficients. -- {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly} adv. --
   {In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n.