Indefinite may refer to:
- In mathematics:
- When talking about indefinite forms in multilinear algebra, see definite bilinear form.
- "Indefinite integral" refers to the antiderivative.
- "Indefinite" is sometimes used to describe an unknowable quantity, with meaning similar to "unlimited" or "undetermined".
- In grammar, see indefinite article and indefinite pronoun.
Famous quotes containing the word indefinite:
“As they are not seen on their way down the streams, it is thought by fishermen that they never return, but waste away and die, clinging to rocks and stumps of trees for an indefinite period; a tragic feature in the scenery of the river bottoms worthy to be remembered with Shakespeare’s description of the sea-floor.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Every word we speak is million-faced or convertible to an indefinite number of applications. If it were not so we could read no book. Your remark would only fit your case, not mine.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“There is a line between a definite maybe and an indefinite yes.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)