DPage 197
- English Word Determination Definition Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
- English Word Determination Definition The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
- English Word Determination Definition The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
- English Word Determination Definition That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
- English Word Determination Definition A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.
- English Word Determination Definition 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.
- English Word Determination Definition The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
- English Word Determination Definition The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
- English Word Determination Definition 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.
- English Word Determinative Definition Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.
- English Word Determinative Definition That which serves to determine.
- English Word Determinator Definition One who determines.
- English Word Determine Definition To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
- English Word Determine Definition To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
- English Word Determine Definition To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- English Word Determine Definition To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.
- English Word Determine Definition To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.
- English Word Determine Definition To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.
- English Word Determine Definition To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.
- English Word Determine Definition To define or limit by adding a differentia.