In*def"i*nite (?), a. [L. indefinitus. See In- not, and Definite.]

1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not

determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused;

obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.

It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite

way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm

that."

Boyle.

The time of this last is left indefinite.

Dryden.

2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though

not infinite; unlimited; as, indefinite space; the indefinite extension

of a straight line.

Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite; though it is not

boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension.

Spectator.

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