determinant
A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of somethingA determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
» International trade is a key determinant of prosperity.
Meaning
4 sensesA determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
определя́ющий фа́кторopredeljájuščij fáktor, определи́тельopredelítelʹ
a determining or causal element or factor
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.
Determinante
детермина́нтdeterminánt
A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point
Examples
2 sentencesInternational trade is a key determinant of prosperity.
The wedge product is building in determinants everywhere you look.
deWohin man auch guckt, baut das Dachprodukt Determinanten ein.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French déterminant, equivalent to determine + -ant.Borrowed from French déterminant, equivalent to determine + -ant.
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Forms
plural: determinants| Singular | determinant |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- a determining or causal element or factor:determinerdeterminativedetermining factorcausal factor
- the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself:antigenic determinantepitope