[dɪˌtəːmɪˈneɪʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the quality of being determined; firmness of purpose
(e.g: those who succeed because of sheer grit and determination)

- the process of establishing something exactly by calculation or research
(e.g: determination of molecular structures)

- the controlling or deciding of the nature or outcome of something
(e.g: genetic sex determination)

- the cessation of an estate or interest

- a tendency to move in a fixed direction


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘settlement of a controversy by a judge or by reasoning’ and ‘authoritative opinion’): via Old French from Latin determinatio(n-), from the verb determinare (see determine)