Determines

Examples

• Of course, the horse power to be obtained from a stream determines the size of the paddle wheel or turbine which can be run by it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And must not an animal be a lover of learning who determines what he likes and dislikes by the test of knowledge and ignorance? Plato. The Republic.
• If _K_ is closed for a longer time, a short dash is made by the marker, and, in general, the length of time that _K_ is closed determines the length of the marks recorded on the tape. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In directing the activities of the young, society determines its own future in determining that of the young. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• This--this,' said he, 'determines me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In each color grade, greater brilliance determines higher value over stones of the same color grade with less brilliancy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We have seen how the colour of hogs, which feed on the paint-root in Virginia, determines whether they shall live or die. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The length of time that the current flows determines the thickness of the plating. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Caprice determines their particular kinds and qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The presence of overtones determines the quality of the sound produced. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In large measure it determines the rest of our thinking. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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