determinant
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determinant
- /dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/ Australia, UK
- /dɪˈtɝmɪnənt/ Canada, US
- /dɪˈtɝmənənt/ Canada, US
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Borrowed from French déterminant, equivalent to determine + -ant.
noun determinants
- A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something. 1999, Noah P. Barsky, Stuart Bruchey (editor), Organizational Determinants of Budgetary Influence and Involvement, Taylor & Francis (Garland Publishing), page 4, Shields and Young (1993) argue that the budget participation literature "has not produced a coherent nor unified definition" of both the d
- 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. 1966 [Allyn & Bacon], Howard Whitley Eves, Elementary Matrix Theory, 1980, Dover, Unabridged corrected republication, page 165, The determinant of a square matrix A_(n) is a function (actually a polynomial function) of the elements a_ij of A.
- A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
- Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point
adjective more determinant · most determinant
- Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
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noun determining factor
| 中文 | 決定(性)因素 /决定(性)因素 |
|---|---|
| Português | determinante |
| Français | déterminant |
| Русский | определя́ющий фа́ктор opredeljájuščij fáktor, определи́тель opredelítelʹ |
| العربية | مُحَدِّد muḥaddid |
noun scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a square matrix
| Español | determinante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 행렬식 haengnyeolsik |
| 日本語 | 行列式 gyōretsu-shiki |
| 中文 | 行列式 hánglièshì |
| हिन्दी | सारणिक sārṇik |
| Português | determinante |
| Français | déterminant |
| Deutsch | Determinante |
| Italiano | determinante |
| Ελληνικά | ορίζουσα orízousa |
| Русский | детермина́нт determinánt |
| Tiếng Việt | định thức |
| العربية | مُحَدِّد muḥaddid |
Talk about this word "determinant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/determinant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. determinant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/determinant "determinant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/determinant.Cite this
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