In`de*pos"a*ble (?), a. Incapable of being deposed. [R.]

Princes indeposable by the pope.

Bp. Stillingfleet.

In*dep"ra*vate (?), a. [L. indepravatus.] Undepraved. [R.] Davies (Holy

Roode).

In*dep"re*ca*ble (?), a. [L. indeprecabilis. See In- not, and

Deprecate.] Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. Cockeram.

In*dep`re*hen"si*ble (?), a. [L. indeprehensibilis. See In- not, and

Deprehensible.] Incapable of being found out. Bp. Morton.

In`de*priv"a*ble (?), a. Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken

away.

In`de*scrib"a*ble, a. Incapable of being described. --

In`de*scrib"a*bly, adv.

In`de*scrip"tive (?), a. Not descriptive.

In`de*sert" (?), n. Ill desert. [R.] Addison.

In*des"i*nent (?), a. [L. indesinens. See In- not, and Desinent.] Not

ceasing; perpetual. [Obs.] Baxter. -- In*des"i*nent*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Ray.

In`de*sir"a*ble (?), a. Undesirable.

In`de*struc`ti*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. indestructibilité.] The quality

of being indestructible.

In`de*struc"ti*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + destructible: cf. F.

indestructible.] Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of

being destroyed. -- In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`de*struc"ti*bly,

adv.

In`de*ter"mi*na*ble (?), a. [L. indeterminabilis: cf. F.

indéterminable. See In- not, and Determine.] Not determinable;

impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained,

defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.

In`de*ter"mi*na*ble, n. An indeterminable thing or quantity. Sir T.

Browne.

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.

In`de*ter`mi*na"tion (?), n. [Pref. in- not + determination: cf.

indétermination.]

1. Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the

mind. Jer. Taylor.

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