determinate

 
Pronunciation: /dɪˈtəːmɪnət/

adjective

  • having exact and discernible limits or form: the longest determinate prison sentence ever upheld by English courts
  • Botany (of a flowering shoot) having the main axis ending in a flower bud and therefore no longer extending in length, as in a cyme.

Derivatives

determinacy

noun

determinately

adverb

determinateness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin determinatus 'limited, determined', past participle of determinare (see determine)