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Determinative  adj.  Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. "Incidents... determinative of their course."
Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs.





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"Determinative" Quotes from Famous Books



... nor its armament decisively crippled, but that the personnel was completely dominated by the fire of many heavy guns during the critical period required for the smaller as well as larger vessels to pass. As most of the river work was, of this character, the broadsides of the sloops were determinative, and those of the frigates would have been more so, could they have been brought to the scene; but they could not. Much labor was expended in the attempt to drag the Colorado, sister ship to the Wabash, across the bar of ...
— From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life • Captain A. T. Mahan
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... hope may be more potent than certainty in a lesser matter. The faintest vision of God is more determinative of life ...
— More Pages from a Journal • Mark Rutherford
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... because of the widely different behavior of the separate plants in the different parts of the district. You can hardly work on the basis of soil character: moisture supply and temperatures are more determinative. Surely you should make a scheme for irrigated land different from that for dry land, and it could not only be a longer rotation, but many more plants would ...
— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson
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... in this chapter are to be accepted as suggestive rather than as determinative. The chief purpose in presenting them is to place before the young farmer an appreciation of some of the problems involved in the production of the chief and basic agricultural commodities. The young farmer's success ...
— The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know • Thomas Forsyth Hunt
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Words linked to "Determinative" :   determining factor, causal factor, clincher, deciding, decisive, influence, determining, closed-class word


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