Associations to the word «Decision»

DECISION, noun. The act of deciding.

DECISION, noun. A choice or judgement.

DECISION, noun. (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.

DECISION, noun. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

DECISION, noun. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

DECISION, verb. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

DECISION FATIGUE, noun. (psychology) The deteriorating quality of decisions made by an individual after a long session of decision making.

DECISION HEIGHT, noun. (aviation) The height at which a pilot must decide whether to land on the runway or to perform a go around maneuver.

DECISION MAKING, noun. The process of reaching a decision.

DECISION MARKET, noun. Prediction market

DECISION PROBLEM, noun. (comptheory) A question in some formal system with a yes-or-no answer, depending on the values of input parameters.

DECISION PROBLEMS, noun. Plural of decision problem

DECISION THEOLOGY, noun. (Christianity) A theology that stresses the importance of the decision to become a Christian for salvation. Often this decision takes the form of the sinner's prayer.

DECISION TREE, noun. A visualization of a complex decision-making situation in which the possible decisions and their likely outcomes are organized in the form of a graph that resembles a tree.

DECISION TREES, noun. Plural of decision tree

DECISION, noun. The act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly".

DECISION, noun. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination".

DECISION, noun. (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent".

DECISION, noun. The outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three decisions in a row".

DECISION, noun. The trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness".