Determination
[dɪ,tɜːmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ,tɝmɪ'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; 'the determination of molecular structures'.
(noun.) the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; 'his determination showed in his every movement'; 'he is a man of purpose'.
(noun.) deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature; 'the determination of grammatical inflections'.
Typist: Sean--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
(n.) Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
(n.) Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
(n.) The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
(n.) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
(n.) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
(n.) A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.
(n.) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.
(n.) The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
(n.) The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
(n.) The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Decision, resolution, conclusion, judgment, purpose, resolve.[2]. Direction, tendency, leaning.[3]. (Law.) Ceasing, termination.
Typist: Merritt
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DEFINITION_and_DECISION]
Editor: Vlad
Examples
- I am to understand, then, that you hold by the determination expressed in your letter? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had hardly made the determination (though he was not long about it), when he was again as suddenly brought up as he had been by the stoppage. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Not to press you to alter your determination,' pursued the young man, 'but to hear you repeat it, if you would. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Cedric's fate also depends upon thy determination, said De Bracy; and I leave thee to form it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr. Tupman did as he was requested; and the additional stimulus of the last glass settled his determination. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is this impression, then, or determination, which affords me the idea of necessity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There is something in boldness and determination that for a time hushes even the rudest nature. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The fresh air revived me, and, with renewed determination, I approached the door of their cottage. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I am young and earnest, and energy and determination have done wonders many a time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There must have been several in it, and they must have been men of resource and determination. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- To Frederick Lamb I related everything, presented him with Argyle's letter, and acquainted him with my determination not to meet his grace. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He was in that mood in which I thought it best not to increase his determination (if anything could increase it) by opposing him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She hailed it as an earnest of the most serious determination, and was equal even to encounter her father. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Various feelings wrought in him the determination after all to go to the Grange to-day as if nothing new had happened. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The ordinary problem in planetary perturbations calls for the determination of the effect on a known orbit exerted by a body of known mass and m otion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This is exactly consonant to my own determinations. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Gascoigne's determinations of, for example, the diameter of the sun, bear comparison with the findings o f even recent astronomical science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She had thought over matters at night, and communicated to Rawdon the result of her determinations. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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