indetermination
AmericanEtymology
Origin of indetermination
First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion
Example Sentences
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But it seizes upon this matter, which is necessity itself, and strives to introduce into it the largest possible amount of indetermination and liberty.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
The Preliminary Parliament, however, was in a sad state of indetermination and complete disintegration.
From From October to Brest-Litovsk by Leon Davidovich Trotzky
The singular points, defined as the limiting points of the range over which such continuation is possible, may either be poles, or polar points of indetermination, or essential singularities.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Footnote 1: A failure of this kind was far less due to any indetermination of the men than to the complex nature of the scheme, which any misadventure was capable of upsetting.
From The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by Geoffrey Keith Rose
In these twilight-zones of indetermination, 347 cost as well as other factors of supply have had their opportunity.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
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