Determining

Examples

• It ended in my determining to keep the nightgown, and to wait, and watch, and see what use I might make of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The lever and the pulley, lathe s, picks, saws, hammers, bronze operating-lances, sundials, water-clocks, the gnomon (a vertical pillar for determining the sun's altitude) were in use. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The directors, before finally determining on the system of locomotion to be adopted, offered a premium of ￡500 for the best locomotive engine to run on that line. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• As regards loss due to resistance, there is a well-known law for determining it, based on Ohm's law. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Such a situation can be saved only by an immediate outrush of feeling; and on Selden's side the determining impulse was still lacking. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I wish I could feel sure that you are right also in determining to try that last chance with the Count. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But now that we are determining what classes of subjects are or are not to be spoken of, let us see whether any have been omitted by us. Plato. The Republic.
• It ad dressed itself to actual problems, such as determining the area of a square or triangular field from the length of the sides. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The will of man was the determining factor. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The naturalist thus loses his best guide in determining whether to rank doubtful forms as varieties or species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• There are several ways of determining when the two circuits are in tune. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Accordingly I hid myself in some thick underwood, determining to devote the ensuing hours to reflection on my situation. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• And he made acquaintance with the ministers, and the chiefs of his party, determining to rank as one of them before many years were over. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In directing the activities of the young, society determines its own future in determining that of the young. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• With the introduction of gas into houses some means of determining the amount consumed as a basis of payment was required, and for this purpose the gas meter was devised. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Certainly those determining acts of her life were not ideally beautiful. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The opportunity that the day's rest had given me for reflection had resulted in my fully determining to say nothing to him respecting Compeyson. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I have sat here all this evening, wishing to speak to you, and determining to speak to you, and feeling that I must. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is immaterial which way the wire is wound around the bar, the determining factor of polarity being the DIRECTION of the current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• By determining that the deprivation to which he condemned you, and which he forced upon you, shall always rest upon his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Winds, temperature, and humidity all have a share in determining atmospheric conditions, and no one of these plays a small part. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Determining the lower fixed point of a thermometer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The proper vulcanization is of the greatest importance in determining the durability of the stamp. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The rest of the evening was spent in conjecturing how soon he would return Mr. Bennet's visit, and determining when they should ask him to dinner. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He asked, What time was usually spent in determining between right and wrong, and what degree of expense? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Determining one of the fixed points of a thermometer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

Typist: Norton