DETERMINATION
\dɪtˌɜːmɪnˈe͡ɪʃən], \dɪtˌɜːmɪnˈeɪʃən], \d_ɪ_t_ˌɜː_m_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DETERMINATION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
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Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
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Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
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The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
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The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
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That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
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A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.
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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.
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The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
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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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The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; - the opposite of generalization.
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The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
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Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
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Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
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The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
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The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
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That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
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A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.
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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.
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The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
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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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The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; - the opposite of generalization.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. A change, for the better or the worse, in the course of a disease. 2. A general move toward a given point.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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That which is determined or resolved on: end: direction to a certain end: resolution: purpose: decision.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of determining or deciding; that which is determined or resolved on; firm resolution; settlement by a judicial decision; direction to a certain end; a putting an end to; decision; ascertainment of amount. A determination of blood, a rapid flow of blood to the brain or any particular part of the body; definition; reference of a thing to its species.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Determinatio, from de, and terminus, 'a boundary.' Strong direction to given point; as 'a determination of blood to the head.'
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A tendency in a definite direction, as of blood to a particular part.
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In chemistry, a quantitative analysis. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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