[de.ter.mi.na.tion] n (14c) 1 a: a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy b: the resolving of a question by argument or reasoning
2. archaic: termination 3 a: the act of deciding definitely and firmly; also: the result of such an act of decision b: the power or habit of deciding definitely and firmly
4: a fixing or finding of the position, magnitude, value, or character of something: as a: the act, process, or result of an accurate measurement b: an identification of the taxonomic position of a plant or animal
5. a: the definition of a concept in logic by its essential constituents b: the addition of a differentia to a concept to limit its denotation
6: direction or tendency to a certain end: impulsion 7: the fixation of the destiny of undifferentiated embryonic tissue