de-termination
məˈneɪ 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.
the 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.
Logic.
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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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or an instance of making a decision |
| 2. | the condition of being determined; resoluteness |
| 3. | the act or an instance of ending an argument by the opinion or decision of an authority |
| 4. | the act or an instance of fixing or settling the quality, limit, position, etc, of something |
| 5. | a decision or opinion reached, rendered, or settled upon |
| 6. | a resolute movement towards some object or end |
| 7. | law the termination of an estate or interest |
| 8. | law the decision reached by a court of justice on a disputed matter |
| 9. | logic |
| a. the process of qualifying or limiting a proposition or concept | |
| b. the qualifications or limitations used in this process | |
| 10. | the condition of embryonic tissues of being able to develop into only one particular tissue or organ in the adult |
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Word Origin & History
determination
late 14c., "decision, sentence," from Fr. détermination (14c.), from L. determinationem, noun of action from determinare (see determine). As "a bringing to an end" (especilly of a suit at law), late 15c. As "fixed direction toward a goal," from 1650s, originally
in physics or anatomy; metaphoric sense "fixation of will" is from 1680s; that of "quality of being resolute" is from 1822.
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