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n. The act of making or arriving at a decision. See Synonyms at decision.

n. The decision reached.

n. Firmness of purpose; resolve: approached the task with determination and energy.

n. A fixed intention or resolution: returned to school with a determination to finish.

n. The settling of a question or case by an authoritative decision or pronouncement, especially by a judicial body: The choice of a foster home was left to the determination of the court.

n. The decision or pronouncement made.

n. The ascertaining or fixing of the quantity, quality, position, or character of something: a determination of the ship's longitude; a determination of the mass of the universe.

n. The result of such ascertaining.

n. A fixed movement or tendency toward an object or end.

n. Logic The defining of a concept through its constituent elements.

n. Logic The qualification of a concept or proposition to render it more definite or specific.

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

n. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

n. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

n. The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

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

n. That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

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

n. 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.

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

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

n. 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.

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

n. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

n. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

n. The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

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

n. That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

n. A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part.

n. The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.

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

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

n. 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.

n. An ending; a putting an end to; termination: as, the determination of an estate.

n. Delimitation; the act of setting bounds to or of determining the limits of; specifically, assignment to the proper place in a classification or series.

n. A determining or deciding, as after consideration or examination; specifically, definite or authoritative judicial settlement, as of a controversy or suit.

n. A decision arrived at or promulgated; an authoritative or final ruling; a determinate opinion or conclusion.

n. The mental act of deciding or resolving; the fixing or settling of a mental purpose; the act of resolve.

n. A state of mental decision or resolution with regard to something; determined purpose; fixed intention: as, determination to succeed in an enterprise; his determination was inflexible.

n. The quality of being determined; fixedness of purpose; decision of character; resoluteness: as, a man of determination.

n. In old medicine, the turning or determining point; the crisis.

n. Tendency or direction.

n. Of the blood: abnormal afflux or flow: as, determination of blood to the head.

n. The solution of a problem, mathematical or other; an ascertainment of any magnitude or the value of any quantity; especially, a scientific evaluation based upon exact physical measurements: as, a determination of the length of the seconds-pendulum.

n. In logic: The process of adding characters to a notion, and thus rendering it more definite, whether this is done by limiting its scope or by an increase of information.

n. The differentiating character itself that is added in this process.

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n. In Oxford and other old universities: A solemn disputation in which the respondent is a bachelor of arts, and which is preparatory to graduation as master of arts.

n. A disquisition or other act substituted in recent times for the old disputation.

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n. A discussion of a question according to the scholastic method, after the model of a disputation.

n. Synonyms Conclusion, settlement, termination.

n. Resolution, etc. (see decision), firmness.

n. In botany and zoology, the identification, classification, and naming of specimens of plants or animals.

n. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose

n. deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature

n. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

n. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

n. the act of making up your mind about something

"The Participation of the army loyal to Chairman Mao during the Cultural Revolution was carried out with utmost political determination and always defending the motto of ‘Serve the People ’determination and never paved the path for violent demonstrations contrary to that principle."

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