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English Dictionary: determining by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
determining
adj
  1. having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
    Synonym(s): deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Determine \De*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Determined}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Determining}.] [F. d[82]terminer, L.
      determinare, determinatum; de + terminare limit, terminus
      limit. See {Term}.]
      1. To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
  
                     [God] hath determined the times before appointed.
                                                                              --Acts xvii.
                                                                              26.
  
      2. To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit;
            to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
  
                     The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined
                     by the view or sight.                        --Bacon.
  
                     Now, where is he that will not stay so long Till his
                     friend sickness hath determined me?   --Shak.
  
      3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe
            imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
  
                     The character of the soul is determined by the
                     character of its God.                        --J. Edwards.
  
                     Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time
                     or other might influence or even determine her
                     course of life.                                 --W. Black.
  
      4. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a
            remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will
            determined me to this course.
  
      5. To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific
            character or name of; to assign to its true place in a
            system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered
            plant or its name.
  
      6. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to
            settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as,
            the court has determined the cause.
  
      7. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to
            cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as,
            this determined him to go immediately.
  
      8. (Logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
  
      9. (Physical Sciences) To ascertain the presence, quantity,
            or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine
            the salt in sea water.
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