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Synonyms for ascertainment

Grammar : Noun
Spell : as-er-teyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæs ərˈteɪn


Définition of ascertainment

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to inform, to give assurance," from Anglo-French acerteiner, Old French acertener "to assure, certify" (13c.), from a "to" (see ad-) + certain "certain" (see certain). Modern meaning of "find out for sure by experiment or investigation" is first attested 1794. Related: Ascertained; ascertaining.
  • noun discovery
Example sentences :
  • Among these is the ascertainment of the solidity of the globe.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century » by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
  • The period of the ascertainment of the causes of those laws.
  • Extract from : « History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science » by John William Draper
  • The ascertainment of the direct distances was commenced in 1823.
  • Extract from : « The Development of Rates of Postage » by A. D. Smith
  • The ascertainment of the position of the earth in the universe; 2.
  • Extract from : « History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2) » by John William Draper
  • Experiment, the great instrument for the ascertainment of truth in physical science, answers this question for us.
  • Extract from : « On the Study of Zoology » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • Accordingly, let us now attempt such Analysis and Ascertainment and Exposure.
  • Extract from : « Principles of Political Economy » by Arthur Latham Perry
  • Claudit seemed, none the less, to experience great relief from this first ascertainment.
  • Extract from : « The Surprises of Life » by Georges Clemenceau
  • Modern physiology sets forth as its chief ends: Firstly, the ascertainment of the facts and conditions of cell-life in general.
  • Extract from : « The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century » by T.H. (Thomas Henry) Huxley
  • It would not be easy to construct a system more repugnant to rational methods for the ascertainment of truth.
  • Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2, » by Henry Charles Lea
  • It would save a world of trouble if the expressions in which this idea is said to be conveyed were equally easy of ascertainment.
  • Extract from : « Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) » by Various

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