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Independentism
(In`de*pend"ent*ism) n. Independency; the church system of Independents. Bp. Gauden.

Independently
(In`de*pend"ent*ly), adv. In an independent manner; without control.

Indeposable
(In`de*pos"a*ble) a. Incapable of being deposed. [R.]

Princes indeposable by the pope.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

Indepravate
(In*dep"ra*vate) a. [L. indepravatus.] Undepraved. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

Indeprecable
(In*dep"re*ca*ble) a. [L. indeprecabilis. See In- not, and Deprecate.] Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. Cockeram.

Indeprehensible
(In*dep`re*hen"si*ble) a. [L. indeprehensibilis. See In- not, and Deprehensible.] Incapable of being found out. Bp. Morton.

Indeprivable
(In`de*priv"a*ble) a. Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away.

Indescribable
(In`de*scrib"a*ble), a. Incapable of being described. — In`de*scrib"a*bly, adv.

Indescriptive
(In`de*scrip"tive) a. Not descriptive.

Indesert
(In`de*sert") n. Ill desert. [R.] Addison.

Indesinent
(In*des"i*nent) a. [L. indesinens. See In- not, and Desinent.] Not ceasing; perpetual. [Obs.] Baxter. — In*des"i*nent*ly, adv. [Obs.] Ray.

Indesirable
(In`de*sir"a*ble) a. Undesirable.

Indestructibility
(In`de*struc`ti*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. indestructibilité.] The quality of being indestructible.

Indestructible
(In`de*struc"ti*ble), a. [Pref. in- not + destructible: cf. F. indestructible.] Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed. — In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness, n. — In`de*struc"ti*bly, adv.

Indeterminable
(In`de*ter"mi*na*ble) a. [L. indeterminabilis: cf. F. indéterminable. See In- not, and Determine.] Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. — In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.

Indeterminable
(In`de*ter"mi*na*ble), n. An indeterminable thing or quantity. Sir T. Browne.

Indeterminate
(In`de*ter"mi*nate) a. [L. indeterminatus.] Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. Paley.

Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems. — Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined. — Indeterminate equation (Math.), an equation in which the unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values, or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate when it contains more unknown quantities than there are equations. — Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the stem indefinitely; — called also acropetal, botryose, centripetal, ∧ indefinite inflorescence. Gray. — Indeterminate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of an infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or required results. — Indeterminate quantity (Math.), a quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition. — Indeterminate series (Math.), a series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients.