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INDEFINITE. That which is undefined; uncertain.

INDEFINITE, NUMBER. A number which may be increased or diminished at pleasure.
     2. When a corporation is composed of an indefinite number of persons, any number of them consisting of a majority of those present may do any act unless it be otherwise regulated by the charter or by-laws. See Definite number.

LEGACY, INDEFINITE. A bequest of things which are not enumerated or ascertained as to numbers or quantities; as, a bequest by a testator of all his goods, all his stocks in the funds. Lownd. on Leg. 84; Swinb. 485; Amb. 641; 1 P. Wms. 697.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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First, it may be accomplished by indefinite pronouns: indefinite pronouns proper, distributive pronouns, and quantitative pronouns.
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(2) and (3) into Maxwell's equation [??] x E = - [partial derivative]B/[partial derivatve]t = [[mu].sub.0][mu] [partial derivative]H/[partial derivative]t, the dispersion of the electromagnetic wave in such an indefinite medium is derived [17,20]:
Controlling the electromagnetic field by indefinite media with extremely strong anisotropy
Similarly, >nat (definite, indefinite)/article; the indefinite article is used much less than the definite article; for details, see deduction (7) below.
Natural syntax: the English indefinite article
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