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noun

Determination n.

1.

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

2.

Bringing to an end; termination; limit. "A speedy determination of that war."

3.

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."

4.

The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness. "He only is a well-made man who has a good determination."

5.

The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

6.

That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution. "So bloodthirsty a determination to obtain convictions."

7.

(Med.) A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.

8.

(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.

9.

(Logic)

(a)

The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.

(b)

The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; the opposite of generalization.

10.

(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.

Synonyms: Decision; conclusion; judgment; purpose; resolution; resolve; firmness. See Decision.

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... short range and for such a length of time with modern guns, they must have shattered each other into kindling wood. But neither vessel seems to have been seriously injured, and although there were a good many men killed on both sides, the combat was kept up with great determination and fury. At one time it seemed almost certain that Bonnet would get the better of Mr. Rhett, and he ordered his black flag waved contemptuously in the air while his men shouted to the South Carolinians to come over and call upon them, but the South Carolina boys answered these ...

— Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts • Frank Richard Stockton

... meeting; the same chair, perhaps, supported him that so many of us have sat in since. At times he seemed to forget the business of the evening, but even in these periods he sat with a great air of energy and determination. At times he meddled bitterly, and launched with defiance those fines which are the precious and rarely used artillery of the president. He little thought, as he did so, how he resembled his father, but his friends remarked upon it, chuckling. ...

— Weir of Hermiston • Robert Louis Stevenson

... whatever. But he would not accept any terms short of the high titles and honours, and those other conditions of eventual emolument which he had demanded, as if foreseeing with assured certainty the entire success of his project. Hence by his spirited determination they were at the last obliged to concede to all his demands: that he should be admiral on the ocean of all the seas and lands which he might discorer, with all the allowances, privileges, and prerogatives enjoyed by the admirals of Castile and Leon in their several seas; that all civil employments, ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III. • Robert Kerr

... came in with the report that quite a body of Shawnees were on its banks, and beyond a doubt were waiting for the company to come up. Dernor coincided in this opinion, and held a consultation with the male members of the party. The result of this consultation was a determination on his part to make all haste to the rendezvous of the Riflemen of the Miami, and bring them hither, the settlers agreeing to halt and await their arrival. The danger that menaced them was certainly great to ...

— The Riflemen of the Miami • Edward S. Ellis

... titular, Defender of the Faith, for, on the authority of Baron Stockmar, the King 'considered Lord John Russell to have pledged himself to certain encroachments on the Church, which his Majesty had made up his mind and expressed his determination to resist.' As Russell was clearly quite out of the reckoning, Melbourne suggested two other names. But the King had made up his mind on more subjects than one, and next morning, Lord Melbourne found himself in ...

— Lord John Russell • Stuart J. Reid

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