Noun

(en noun)

A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors or other representatives by popular vote.

The parliamentary elections will be held in March.

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The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.

The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.

(archaic) Any conscious choice.

*, II.20:

Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election .

* Francis Bacon

To use men with much difference and election is good.

(theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.

(obsolete) Those who are elected.

* Bible, Rom. xi. 7

The election hath obtained it.

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.