DETERMINATION

noun Date: 14th century 1. a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy, the resolving of a question by argument or reasoning, termination , 3. the act of deciding definitely and firmly, firm or fixed intention to achieve a desired end , a fixing or finding of the position, magnitude, value, or character of something: as, the act, process, or result of an accurate measurement, an identification of the taxonomic position of a plant or animal, 5. the definition of a concept in logic by its essential constituents, the addition of a differentia to a concept to limit its denotation, direction or tendency to a certain end ; impulsion , the fixation of the destiny of undifferentiated embryonic tissue