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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun determinant has 3 senses
- determinant(n = noun.cognition) causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor - a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" is a kind of cognitive factor
- determinant(n = noun.substance) antigenic determinant, epitope - the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself; Array is a kind of site, situation
- determinant(n = noun.group) Array - a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations; Array is a kind of square matrix
has particulars: clincher, decisive factor, influence
Derived forms adjective determinant1, verb determine2
is a part of antigen
Adjective determinant has 1 sense
- determinant(s = adj.all) deciding, determinative, determining - having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" Derived forms noun determinant1, verb determine5, verb determine4
OXFORD DICTIONARY
determinant, adj. & n.
--adj. serving to determine or define.
--n.
1 a determining factor, element, word, etc.
2 Math. a quantity obtained by the addition of products of the elements of a square matrix according to a given rule.
--adj. serving to determine or define.
--n.
1 a determining factor, element, word, etc.
2 Math. a quantity obtained by the addition of products of the elements of a square matrix according to a given rule.
Etymology
L determinare (as DETERMINE)
THESAURUS
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
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