determination (redirected from determine)

determination /de·ter·mi·na·tion/ (de-ter?mi-na´shun) the establishment of the exact nature of an entity or event.

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embryonic determination  the loss of pluripotentiality in any embryonic part and its start on the way to an unalterable fate.

sex determination  the process by which the sex of an organism is fixed; associated, in humans, with the presence or absence of the Y chromosome.

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de·ter·mi·na·tion (d-tûrm-nshn)

n.

1. A change for the better or for the worse in the course of a disease.

2. A fixed movement or tendency toward an object or end.

3. The ascertaining of the quantity, quality, position, or character of something.

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determination

the establishment of the exact nature of an entity or event. See also age determination, sex determination.

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determination coefficient

see determination coefficient.

embryonic determination

the loss of pluripotentiality in any embryonic part and its start on the way to an unalterable fate.