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determinate

Pronunciation: /dɪˈtəːmɪnət/

Definition of determinate

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.