“+ noun
Etymology: partly from predetermine + -ation, partly from pre- + determination
: the act of predetermining or the state of being predetermined: as
a. archaic : a decision made beforehand especially without due consideration
b. : the ordaining of events beforehand
c. : predestination
the predetermination of God's will
d. : a previous mental determination : a purpose formed beforehand
e. : a fixing or settling in advance
this is not an insinuation that there was any predetermination of such a sequence of developmental steps leading to ourselves — A.L.Kroeber
f. : the calculation or discovery of something beforehand
predetermination of the cost of construction