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determinant
determinant
4 definitions found
for determinant
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Determinant \De*ter"mi*nant\, a. [L. determinans, p. pr. of
determinare: cf. F. d['e]terminant.]
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Determinant \De*ter"mi*nant\, n.
1. That which serves to determine; that which causes
determination.
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2. (Math.) The sum of a series of products of several
numbers, these products being formed according to certain
specified laws;
Note: thus, the determinant of the nine numbers
a, b, c,a', b', c',a'', b'', c'',
is a b' c'' - a b'' c' + a' b'' c] - a' b c'' + a'' 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.
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3. (Logic) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or
predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering
them more definite and precise. --Abp. Thomson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
determinant
adj 1: having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial
experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative
(or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a),
determinant, determinative, determining(a)]
n 1: a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an
important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn:
determinant, determiner, determinative, determining
factor, causal factor]
2: the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an
antibody attaches itself [syn: antigenic determinant,
determinant, epitope]
3: a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "determinant":
Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory,
Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory,
Weismannism, Wiesner theory, allele, allelomorph, antecedent,
antecedents, authority, base, basis, birth, border line, bordering,
borderline, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line,
bounding, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point, call, causation,
cause, cause and effect, ceiling, character, chromatid, chromatin,
chromosome, circumscription, coastal, compass, confine, cutoff,
cutoff point, deadline, delimitation, determinative, determiner,
determining, diathesis, division line, element, end, endowment,
etiology, eugenics, extreme, extremity, factor, finish, floor,
fringing, frontier, gene, genesiology, genetic code, genetics,
ground, grounds, hedge, hereditability, heredity, heritability,
heritage, high-water mark, inborn capacity, influence,
inheritability, inheritance, interface, limbic, limen, liminal,
limit, limitation, limiting, limiting factor, line,
line of demarcation, littoral, low-water mark, lower limit, march,
marginal, mark, matrocliny, mete, occasion, patrocliny,
pharmacogenetics, principle, reason, recessive character,
replication, rimming, skirting, start, starting line,
starting point, stimulus, target date, term, terminal,
terminal date, terminus, threshold, time allotment, upper limit,
weight