ALL meanings of determinant
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D d - countable noun determinant A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way. 3
- adjective determinant serving to determine or affect 3
- noun determinant a factor, circumstance, etc, that influences or determines 3
- noun determinant a square array of elements that represents the sum of certain products of these elements, used to solve simultaneous equations, in vector studies, etc 3
- abbreviation DETERMINANT determining 3
- noun determinant a thing or factor that determines 3
- noun determinant the sum of the products formed from a square matrix in accordance with certain laws 3
- noun determinant A factor that decisively affects the nature or outcome of something. 1
- noun determinant sth decisive 1
- noun determinant a determining agent or factor. 1
- noun determinant Mathematics. an algebraic expression of the sum of products of elements, each with an appropriate algebraic sign, usually written in a square array and used in the solution of systems of linear equations. 1
- noun determinant Also called antigenic determinant, epitope. Immunology. any site on an antigen molecule at which an antibody can bind, the chemical structure of the site determining the specific combining antibody. 1
- noun determinant Genetics Archaic. a gene. 1
- noun determinant A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something. 0
- noun determinant (linear algebra) The unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value of 1 for the unit matrix. Abbreviation: det. 0
- noun determinant (biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate. 0
- adjective determinant Serving to determine or limit; determinative. 0