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determination
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Determination \De*ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. determinatio boundary, end: cf. F. d['e]termination.]
The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
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Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
A speedy determination of that war.
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Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
Remissness can by no means consist with a constant determination of the will . . . to the greatest apparent good.
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The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.
--Emerson. 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.
So bloodthirsty a determination to obtain convictions.
--Hallam. (Med.) A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.
(Physical Sciences) 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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(Logic)
The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
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(Nat. Hist.) 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.
Syn: Decision; conclusion; judgment; purpose; resolution; resolve; firmness. See Decision.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "decision, sentence," from Old French déterminacion (14c.) "determination, settlement, definition," from Latin determinationem (nominative determinatio) "conclusion, boundary," noun of action from past participle stem of determinare (see determine).\n
\nAs "a bringing to an end" (especilly of a suit at law), late 15c. As "fixed direction toward a goal," from 1650s, originally in physics or anatomy; metaphoric sense "fixation of will" is from 1680s; that of "quality of being resolute" is from 1822.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of determining, or the state of being determined. 2 Bringing to an end; termination; limit. 3 Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion. 4 The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness. 5 (context countable English) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy. 6 (context countable English) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution. 7 A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head. 8 (context countable English) 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. 9 The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents. 10 The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization. 11 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.
WordNet
n. the act of determining the properties of something [syn: finding]
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose" [syn: purpose]
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" [syn: decision, conclusion]
the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" [syn: decision, conclusion]
Wikipedia
Determination is the second full-length studio album by the New Jersey heavy metal quintet God Forbid. It was released on April 17, 2001, through Century Media Records.
Determination is an album by Australian musician Tommy Emmanuel.
It was re-released by Sony International along with Terra Firma in 2004.
This article is about the state of mind. For the concept in cellular differentiation, see Cell fate determination. For the concept in canon law and legal philosophy, see Determinatio.
Determination is a positive emotional feeling that involves persevering towards a difficult goal in spite of obstacles. Determination occurs prior to goal attainment and serves to motivate behavior that will help achieve one’s goal. Empirical research suggests that people consider determination to be an emotion; in other words, determination is not just a cognitive state, but rather an affective state. In the psychology literature, researchers have studied determination under other terms, including challenge and anticipatory enthusiasm; this may explain one reason for the relative lack of research on determination compared to other positive emotions.
In the field of psychology, emotion research is heavily focused on negative emotions and the action tendencies that they encourage. However, recent work in positive psychology incorporates the study of determination as a positive emotion that pushes individuals toward action and results in important outcomes such as perseverance and the development of coping mechanisms.
Usage examples of "determination".
That determination had become an obsession now, which he recognized for what it was-the sole reason for his survival and for his recently taken decision firstly to be accepted as a reformed and model prisoner at Port Arthur and secondly to abscond therefrom.
The determination is rendered sharper and less liable to error by the addition of a few drops of acetic acid to convert the chromate into bichromate.
Both houses adjourned to the next evening, in order to learn the grounds upon which Lord John had come to that determination.
Constitution which precludes Congress from making criminal the violation of an administrative regulation, by one who has failed to avail himself of an adequate separate procedure for the adjudication of its validity, or which precludes the practice, in many ways desirable, of splitting the trial for violations of an administrative regulation by committing the determination of the issue of its validity to the agency which created it, and the issue of violation to a court which is given jurisdiction to punish violations.
The Hula Man rounded the corner, skirt aflutter, bearing down on Perry with crazed determination.
And though this reasoning may contradict the systems of many philosophers, in ascribing necessity to the determinations of the will, we shall find, upon reflection, that they dissent from it in words only, not in their real sentiment.
The King was no longer expected to see nightfall and had been carried to his throne and tied in place there by servants, sitting with grim determination on his face and his crown slipping aslant upon his brow.
The assayer, however, uses the sample which he has dried for his moisture-determination, as the dry ore on which he makes his other assays, and no variation in moisture would influence the other and more important determinations.
But they are treated here because they owe their importance to their use in the extraction of gold and because their determination has become a part of the ordinary work of an assayer of gold ores.
The methods of assaying are mainly those of analytical chemistry, and are limited by various practical considerations to the determination of the constituents of a small parcel, which is frequently only a few grains, and rarely more than a few ounces, in weight.
Music of War roared and pummeled every aural sensory receptor, and moved the allied fleets forward with grim determination.
March and April, 1952, comparable results were reached: The Internal Security Act of 1950, section 23, in authorizing the Attorney General to hold in custody, without bail, aliens who are members of the Communist Party of the United States, pending determination as to their deportability, is not unconstitutional.
They seemed to have woken up now, and as his team scored their fourth goal, still holding the English team to one-hundred, Harry was somewhat shocked to feel a jolt as a Bludger collided with his broom twigs, making him fly crazily for a moment until he grasped the handle with determination and zoomed straight up, to shake the wobbles out of it.
The moment she left me, still wavering between happiness and fear, I understood that I was standing on the very brink of the abyss, and that nothing but a most extraordinary determination could prevent me from falling headlong into it.
Another reason for my determination to hurry my escape, when I could no longer doubt the villainy of my detestable companion, seems to me to be worthy of record.