determination
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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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Example sentences
Yet there was something moving in his determination to keep on working.
The third feature uniting them is a determination to run their own lives.
But his robust good sense, his regard for strict accuracy and his determination to be understood, make him an interesting writer.
My first research project was the determination of the sequence of nucleotides, a technique which was still in its infancy.
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