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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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"Determination" Quotes from Famous Books

... rigidity; but Paul would have them let sleeping dogs lie. If, however, the meat is known to have been offered to an idol, then Paul is as rigid and strict as they are. That combination of willingness to go as far as possible, and inflexible determination not to go one step farther, of yieldingness wherever principle does not come in, and of iron fixedness wherever it does, is rare indeed, but should be aimed at by all Christians. The morality of the Gospel would make more way in the world if its advocates always copied the 'sweet reasonableness' ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) • Alexander Maclaren

... and objects immediately surrounding it, should have a controlling influence upon the style in which the house is to be constructed. A fitness and harmony in all these is indispensable to both expression and effect. And in their determination, a single object should not control, but the entire picture, as completed, should be embraced in the view; and that style of building constituting the most agreeable whole, as filling the eye with the most grateful ...

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... Chaulnes was old and fat, but much loved by the people of Brittany. He was overwhelmed by this determination of the King, and his wife, who had long been accustomed to play the little Queen, still more so; yet there was nothing for them but to obey. They did obey, but it was with a sorrow and chagrin ...

— The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete • Duc de Saint-Simon

... of Armand St. Just's name and of the peril in which he stood, Sir Percy's face had become a shade more pale; and the look of determination and obstinacy appeared more marked than ever between his eyes. However, he said nothing for the moment, but watched her, as her delicate frame was shaken with sobs, watched her until unconsciously ...

— The Scarlet Pimpernel • Baroness Orczy

... chill of horror at the act itself, Henry Montagu realized that the desecration was his own thought, his own impulse carried into fierce determination, he sank weak and dizzy into the chair that the boy had left. But again he mastered his frightened mind and thrust away from it the sinister oppression of omen and coincidence. Unwillingly but helplessly, he was letting into his thoughts ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1919 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

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