The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation. 我们经济的决定性因素是控制通货膨胀。
Use the mud balance to determinate the mud weight. 用泥浆比重计测出泥浆的密度。
determinate
[ adj ]
precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
<adj.all> a determinate distance a determinate number determinate variations in animals
not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
<adj.all> determinate growth
supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
<adj.all> a definitive verdict a determinate answer to the problem
Determinate \De*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of determinare. See {Determine}.] 1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet. --Dryden.
2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. --Acts ii. 23.
3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
My determinate voyage. --Shak.
4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
More determinate to do than skillful how to do. --Sir P. Sidney.
{Determinate inflorescence} (Bot.), that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which puts a limit to its growth; -- also called {centrifugal inflorescence}.
{Determinate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of a limited number of solutions.
{Determinate quantities}, {Determinate equations} (Math.), those that are finite in the number of values or solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem or equation determine the number.
Determinate \De*ter"mi*nate\, v. t. To bring to an end; to determine. See {Determine}. [Obs.]
The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thy dear exile. --Shak.