Noun

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

Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

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

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

(countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

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

(countable) 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.

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

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

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.

Noun

(en-noun)

The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

# The direction of attention to a specific object.

# The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.

# The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.

A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.

The proportion of a substance in a whole.

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# (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))

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