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Determinant

Determinant Definition And Meaning
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 \Deter"minant\, a. [L. determinans, p. pr. of determinare: cf. F. d['e]terminant.] Serving to determine or limit; determinative. \Deter"minant\, 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.

Determinant Definition And Meaning

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"

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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