Determinateness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being determinate, certain, or precise.
  • noun. The quality of being determined or of persevering fixedness of purpose; determination.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. State of being determinate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or quality of being determinate.
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  • noun. the quality of being predictable with great confidence
  • Word Usage
    "There are alleged asymmetries of "determinateness" of reality: It is sometimes claimed that past and present have determinate reality, but that the future, being a realm of mere possibilities, has no such determinate being at all."