determination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: determinations
Etymology: From Middle English determinacion, determynacioun, from Old French determinacion, from Latin dēterminātiō. Morphologically determine + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: the determination of the wavelength of light
text: the determination of the level of salt in sea water
text: the determination of the oxygen in the air
text: Intracardiac blood pressures can be recorded by a simple water manometer or by electronic devices. These determinations are of value in identifying the different cardiac cavities.
ref: 1951 March, J. H. Lehmann, A. D. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, J. Michel, D. M. Green, “Cardiac Catheterization—A Diagnostic Aid in Congenital Heart Disease”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 170:
glosses: The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.
glosses: The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
glosses: The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent.
antonyms: generalization
examples: text: I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.
glosses: The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification
glosses: Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
examples: text: Through sheer determination, we managed to escape from the tornado.
glosses: The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decisive character; resoluteness; fortitude.
glosses: The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
examples: text: The tribunal has reached a determination in respect of this matter.
glosses: That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
examples: text: a determination of blood to the head
glosses: A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part
examples: text: If a lease is determined by notice, forfeiture or frustration, all incumbrances will normally end automatically with the determination of the lease and can therefore be ignored.
ref: 2021, HM Land Registry, Practice guide 26: leases – determination, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2021:
text: So should that beauty which you hold in lease
Find no determination: then you were
Yourself again after yourself's decease […]
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 13”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
topics: law
qualifier: otherwise obsolete
glosses: Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
Hypernyms: cellular determination
coefficient of determination
fiscal determination
indetermination
redetermination
self-determination
Derived terms: codetermination
content determination
enantiodetermination
foredetermination
indetermination
language analysis for the determination of origin
microdetermination
misdetermination
multidetermination
nondetermination
overdetermination
predetermination
radiodetermination
redetermination
self-determination
serodetermination
transdetermination
underdetermination
undetermination