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Determinant Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Determinant?
[n] a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
[n] a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations [adj] having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" Synonyms | Synonyms for Determinant: causal factor | crucial | deciding(a) | decisive | determinative | determinative | determiner | determining factor | determining(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Determinant: allele | allelomorph | Altmann theory | 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 | De Vries theory | deadline | delimitation | determinative | determiner | determining | diathesis | division line | DNA | element | end | endowment | etiology | eugenics | extreme | extremity | factor | finish | floor | fringing | frontier | Galtonian theory | 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 | lower limit | low-water mark | march | marginal | mark | matrocliny | Mendelianism | Mendelism | mete | occasion | patrocliny | pharmacogenetics | principle | reason | recessive character | replication | rimming | RNA | skirting | start | starting line | starting point | stimulus | target date | term | terminal | terminal date | terminus | threshold | time allotment | upper limit | Verworn theory | weight | Weismann theory | Weismannism | Wiesner theory See Also | clincher | cognitive factor | decisive factor | influence | square matrix Determinant In Webster's Dictionary \De*ter"mi*nant\, a. [L. determinans, p. pr. of
determinare: cf. F. d['e]terminant.]
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
\De*ter"mi*nant\, n. 1. That which serves to determine; that which causes determination. 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. 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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