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<cs><col>Indeterminate analysis</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems.</cd> -- <col>Indeterminate coefficients</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined.</cd> -- <col>Indeterminate equation</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>an equation in which the unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values, or sets of values. A group of equations is <i>indeterminate<i> when it contains more unknown quantities than there are equations.</cd> -- <col>Indeterminate inflorescence</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>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 <altname>acropetal, botryose, centripetal, &and; indefinite inflorescence</altname>. <i>Gray</i>.</cd> -- <col>Indeterminate problem</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Indeterminate quantity</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition.</cd> -- <col>Indeterminate series</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients.</cd></cs>

-- <wordforms><wf>In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly</wf> <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Indetermination</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In`de*ter`mi*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>determination</ets>: cf. <ets>ind\'82termination</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Want of fixed or stated direction.</def>

<i>Abp. Bramhall.</i>

<h1>Indetermined</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In`de*ter"mined</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Undetermined.</def>

<h1>Indevirginate</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In`de*vir"gin*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>In-</er> not, <er>Devirginate</er>.]</ety> <def>Not devirginate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Indevote</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In*de*vote"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indevotus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ind\'82vot</ets>. Cf. <er>Indevout</er>.]</ety> <def>Not devoted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bentley. Clarendon.</i>

<h1>Indevotion</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In`de*vo"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indevotio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ind\'82votion</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of devotion; impiety; irreligion.</def> "An age of <i>indevotion</i>."

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Indevout</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In*de*vout"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>devout</ets>. Cf. <er>Indevote</er>.]</ety> <def>Not devout.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>In*de*vout"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Indew</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In*dew"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To indue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Index</h1> <Xpage=751>

<hw>In"dex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Indexes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Indices</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>(<?/)</plu>. <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>index</ets>. See <er>Indicate</er>, <er>Diction</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.</def>

<blockquote>Tastes are the <b>indexes</b> of the different qualities of plants. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>