become definite

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“The idea is that the past history of the universe has become definite when someone or people now are observing things about the past universe.”

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

In a word, the distinction between the literary and the scientific professions has become definite and wide, and can no longer be ignored in our systems of education.

From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Cooke, Josiah Parsons

But not only did the sense of man's dignity thus develop, and become definite.

From Is Life Worth Living? by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)

The solution of partial equations may involve arbitrary functions, which become definite when proper initial or boundary conditions are assigned.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

She was eager, too, to speak at once; a fear, which she would not allow to become definite, drove her upon the undertaking without delay.

From Demos by Gissing, George