having defined limits; definite.

settled; positive.

conclusive; final.

resolute.

Botany . (of an inflorescence) having the primary and each secondary axis ending in a flower or bud, thus preventing further elongation.

Engineering .

(of a structure) able to be analyzed completely by means of the principles of statics.

(of a member of a structure) subject only to definite, known stresses.

(of a stress) able to be determined through the principles of statics.

to make certain of.

to identify.

adjective

fixed , limited