sentence Sentences that are not fixed and may be imposed for severe felony crimes, such as murder These sentences may be fifteen to life or twenty-five to life with actual release dates set by the Board of Prison Terms after a parole hearing
tomato varieties keep growing until frost stops them, vining happily along stakes, up to porch roofs, over fences, etc , and continue bearing flowers and fruit These are the large-fruited and beefsteak types which keep ripening fruits summer until frost
not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future"
Under this disposition model, juveniles are always committed for an indefinite period of time, regardless of the offenses for which juveniles are adjudicated This period of time could potentially last until they reach the age of majority (or, in some states, the upper age to which the juvenile court's jurisdiction has been extended for dispositional purposes) Length of stay in these states is left solely to the releasing authority's judgment
If something is indeterminate, you cannot say exactly what it is. I hope to carry on for an indeterminate period. = indefinite. impossible to know about definitely or exactly
not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign" not capable of being determined; "the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle" not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future" having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem" of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists
Indeterminate tomatoes continue to grow, set fruit, and ripen continuously until a frost arrives Also known as vining types, they require staking or other support