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DETERMINANT
determinant, deciding(a), determinative, determining
(adjective) having the power or quality of deciding; “the crucial experiment”; “cast the deciding vote”; “the determinative (or determinant) battle”
determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
(noun) a determining or causal element or factor; “education is an important determinant of one’s outlook on life”
determinant
(noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
determinant (plural determinants)
A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
(linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.
(biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
Adjective
determinant (comparative more determinant, superlative most determinant)
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
Anagrams
• detrainment
Source: Wiktionary
De*ter"mi*nant, a. Etym: [L. determinans, p. pr. of determinare: cf. F. déterminant.]
Definition: Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
De*ter"mi*nant, n.
1. That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
2. (Math.)
Definition: The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws; thus, the determinant of the nine numbers. a, b, c,a', b', c',a'\'b7, b'\'b7, c'\'b7, is a b' c'\'b7 -- a b'\'b7 c' + a' b'\'b7 c] -- a' b c'\'b7 + a'\'b7 b' c. The determinant is written by placing the numbers from which it is formed in a square between two vertical lines. The theory of determinants forms a very important branch of modern mathematics.
3. (Logic)
Definition: A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise. Abp. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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