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determinates

determinates is the plural of determinate.

Meaning of determinate

Noun

determinate (plural determinates)

  1. A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
    • And since being negatively-charged and being positively-charged are determinates of the same determinable, [D5] will not permit us to infer worlds where anything negatively-charged is also positively-charged.2007 September 5, David Denby, “Generating possibilities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI

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Questions about determinates

What is determinates the plural of?
Determinates is the plural of determinate.

Words near determinates in the dictionary

  1. determinate verbs
  2. determinated
  3. determinately
  4. determinateness
  5. determinatenesses
  6. determinates
  7. determinating
  8. determination
  9. determinations
  10. determinative
  11. determinatively

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