Determinate

a. [Lat. determinatus, p. p. of determinare. See infra.]

1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established. “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; fixed in intent. [Obs.]

Like men disused in a long peace, more determinate to do than skillful how to do. Sidney. Determinate inflorescence (Bot.), that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, so that it puts a limit to its growth;—also called centrifugal inflorescence.—Determinate quantities and 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 series, a series whose terms proceed by the powers of a determinate quantity; as, 1 + ½ + ⅓ + ¼ + ⅕ &c.