Definition of "ascertainment" []

• The act of ascertaining. (noun)

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• "By this transformation of all questions of quality into questions only of quantity, geometry is reduced to the single problem of the measurement of magnitudes, that is, the ascertainment of the equalities which exist between them."
• ""George had this unusual combination of training at his father's knee in polling, the scientific ascertainment of public opinions, and also a passion for religion," said Frank Newport, Gallup's editor in chief."
• "Only on the basis of this strong recognition and ascertainment of this state can we feel confident to immerse our minds in it."