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noun
1.
the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.
2.
ascertainment, as after observation or investigation: determination of a ship's latitude.
3.
the information ascertained; solution.
4.
the settlement of a dispute, question, etc., as by authoritative decision.
5.
EXPANDthe decision or settlement arrived at or pronounced.
6.
the quality of being resolute; firmness of purpose.
7.
a fixed purpose or intention: It is my determination to suppress vice.
8.
the fixing or settling of amount, limit, character, etc.: the determination of a child's allowance.
9.
fixed direction or tendency toward some object or end.
10.
Chiefly Law. conclusion or termination.
11.
Embryology. the fixation of the fate of a cell or group of cells, especially before actual morphological or functional differentiation occurs.
12.
COLLAPSELogic.
a.
the act of rendering a notion more precise by the addition of differentiating characteristics.
b.
the definition of a concept in terms of its constituent elements.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin dēterminātiōn- (stem of dēterminātiō) a boundary, conclusion, equivalent to dētermināt(us) (see determinate) + -iōn- -ion
1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin dēterminātiōn- (stem of dēterminātiō) a boundary, conclusion, equivalent to dētermināt(us) (see determinate) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
in·ter·de·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
non·de·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
re·de·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
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Redetermination
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| redetermination | |
noun | |
| determining again |
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