As "fixed direction toward a goal or terminal point," from 1650s, originally in physics or anatomy; metaphoric sense "fixation of will toward a goal, state of mental resolution with regard to something" is from 1680s; general sense of "quality of being resolute, fixedness of purpose as a character trait" is by 1822. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation, the quality of being determined to do or achieve something, a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration, deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature, the act of making up your mind about something. Fire origin determination is a key ISFI 2010 International Symposium on Fire Investigation Science and Technology 533. component of the investigation process, and is largely related to fire pattern recognition and analysis. Found inside – Page 89Returning, finally and full circle, to the initial scene of determination that set this chapter in motion, and to the amateur etymology that afforded me the ... Synonym Discussion of determine. L. 103-182, 107 Stat. Out of 6,122,890 records in the U.S. Social Security Administration public data, the first name Determination was not present. Found inside – Page 348n . an answer . purpose ; determination . Rěş'o - lu - ble , a . that may be melted . Re - sponse ' , n . an answer ; a reply . Réso - lute , a . determined ... Of the commonest protein extraction methods, especially prior to electrophoresis, is the use of so-called Good’s buffers, a range of buffers first described in 1966 by Good et al. Self-determination theory grew out of the work of psychologists Edward Deci and Richard Ryan, who first introduced their ideas in their 1985 book Self-Determination and Intrinsic Motivation in Human Behavior. The ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others The political independence of a people2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations … Found inside – Page 139And are in a determined way , among other ontic determinations . Etymological empiricism , the hidden root of all empiricism , explains everything except ... Routine laboratory analyses consisting of multi-element composition determinations combined with complex statistical analyses provide a reliable tool by which Cannabis sativa movement, cultivation, and interdiction efforts in Brazil may be assessed. Language analysis for the determination of origin (LADO) is an instrument used in asylum cases to determine the national or ethnic origin of the asylum seeker, through an evaluation of their language profile. 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). Origin of determination 1350–1400; Middle English (