acertain
Look at other dictionaries:
ascertain — ascertainable, adj. ascertainably, adv. ascertainer, n. ascertainment, n. /as euhr tayn /, v.t. 1. to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts. 2. Archaic. to make certain, clear, or definitely… … Universalium
Upward Bound — is a federally funded educational program within the United States. The program is one of a cluster of programs referred to as TRIO, all of which owe their existence to the federal Higher Education Act. Upward Bound programs are implemented and… … Wikipedia
Term indexing — In computer science, term indexing is the task of creating an index of terms and clauses in a collection.Many operations in automatic theorem provers require search in huge collections of terms and clauses. Such operations typically fall intothe… … Wikipedia
Hopf bifurcation — In bifurcation theory a Hopf or Andronov Hopf bifurcation is a local bifurcation in which a fixed point ofa dynamical system loses stability as a pair of complex conjugate eigenvalues of the linearization around the fixed point crossthe imaginary … Wikipedia
Shell Grotto, Margate — The Shell Grotto off Grotto Hill, Margate, consists of a winding subterranean passageway, about convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on high and convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on in length, terminating in a rectangular room (the altar chamber) approximately… … Wikipedia
Categories (Stoic) — The term Stoic Categories refers to Stoic ideas regarding Categories: the most fundamental classes of being for all things. The Stoics believed there were four categories (substance, quality, disposition, relative dispostion) which were the… … Wikipedia
The Woody Show — Infobox Radio station name = The Woody Show area = San Francisco Bay Area/Oakland/San Jose and streaming online around the world city = San Francisco, California frequency = 105.3 MHz HD Radio format = Modern Rock / Talk Show owner = CBS Radio… … Wikipedia
Brotherhood of Makuta (Bionicle) — This article is about the fictional race. For the fictional character sometimes referred to by the same name, see Makuta Teridax (Bionicle). The Brotherhood of Makuta are a sect of evil and sadistic shapeshifters within the fictional Lego… … Wikipedia
Gnosticism — • History of Gnosticism from its pre Christian roots through its developed doctrines concerning cosmogony, the Sophia myth, soteriology, and eschatology. Includes information on rites, schools, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
extent — /Ik stent/ noun 1 (singular) the limit or degree of something s influence etc: The success of a marriage depends on the extent to which you are prepared to work at it. | to a certain extent/to some extent (=used to say that something is partly,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
