de|ter|min|er

de|ter|min|er: de|ter|min|er «dih TUR muh nuhr», noun.

1. a person or thing that determines; determinant.

2. Linguistics. a limiting adjective or modifier which always accompanies and usually precedes a noun or noun phrase. A in a hat, the in the big house, and every in every little thing are determiners. That, one, some, his, in that boy, one piece, some people, and his book are English determiners.

3. Biology. a) a secondary unit of germ plasm supposed to determine the character of a cell or group of cells in the organism. b) a hereditary factor; gene.

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in|ter|min|is|te|ri|al — «IHN tuhr MIHN uh STIHR ee uhl», adjective. between or involving different ministries … Useful english dictionary
de|ter´min|is´ti|cal|ly — de|ter|min|is|tic «dih TUR muh NIHS tihk», adjective. of or having to do with determinism or determinists: »It further appears that the deterministic description of psychological phenomena and the description in terms of “free will” are not at… … Useful english dictionary
de|ter|min|is|tic — «dih TUR muh NIHS tihk», adjective. of or having to do with determinism or determinists: »It further appears that the deterministic description of psychological phenomena and the description in terms of “free will” are not at all contradictory… … Useful english dictionary
de|ter|min|ism — «dih TUR muh nihz uhm», noun. 1. the doctrine that human actions are the necessary results of antecedent causes. 2. the doctrine that all events are determined by antecedent causes: »Determinism presumes that the initial state is given with… … Useful english dictionary
de|ter|min|ist — «dih TUR muh nihst», noun, adjective. –n. a person who believes in determinism: »While I don t want to sound like an economic determinist, things can t really get better until all of us here in the South settle some of our pressing economic… … Useful english dictionary
in|de|ter|min|ism — «IHN dih TUR muh nihz uhm», noun. the doctrine that events and particularly human actions are not entirely governed by motives or conditions, but depend in part on the will of each individual … Useful english dictionary
in|de|ter|min|is|tic — «IHN dih TUR muh NIHS tihk», adjective. of or having to do with indeterminism … Useful english dictionary
in|de|ter|min|ist — «IHN dih TUR muh nihst», noun. a believer in indeterminism … Useful english dictionary
in|ter|min|gle — «IHN tuhr MIHNG guhl», transitive verb, intransitive verb, gled, gling. to mix; mingle: »endless memories of intermingled farce and tragedy (Lytton Strachey) … Useful english dictionary
self-de|ter|min|ing — «SEHLF dih TUR muh nihng», adjective. determining one s own acts; having the power of self determination … Useful english dictionary

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