ascertainment

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Ultrafast laser spectroscopy allows the ascertainment of dynamics over extremely short time scales, making it a very useful tool in many scientific and industrial applications.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

Real certificates of ascertainment all look slightly different because there's no standardized form.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2022

Governors are required to submit to Congress a certificate of ascertainment of presidential electors.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2021

“An ascertainment has not yet been made. GSA and its Administrator will continue to abide by, and fulfill, all requirements under the law and adhere to prior precedent established by the Clinton Administration in 2000.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2020

We found that the Method of Agreement has the defect of not proving causation, and can therefore only be employed for the ascertainment of empirical laws.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II by Mill, John Stuart