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determinant

[ dih-tur-muh-nuhnt ]

noun

  1. a determining agent or factor.
  2. 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.
  3. Also called antigenic determinant,. Immunology. any site on an antigen molecule at which an antibody can bind, the chemical structure of the site determining the specific combining antibody.
  4. Genetics Archaic. a gene.


determinant

/ dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt /

adjective

  1. serving to determine or affect
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a factor, circumstance, etc, that influences or determines
  2. maths a square array of elements that represents the sum of certain products of these elements, used to solve simultaneous equations, in vector studies, etc Compare matrix
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • nonde·termi·nant noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of determinant1

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin dēterminant- (stem of dētermināns ), present participle of dētermināre; determine, -ant
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Example Sentences

“It is basically an asset management tool, but it is not the sole determinant of what trees or why 25 feet clearance is the right distance,” Skinner said.

Of the three, fertility, the number of children women have, is the key—that’s the major determinant of the population in 2100.

Those enrollment numbers in turn are a key determinant of the annual revenue that colleges earn and shape how they allocate resources.

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Those enrollment numbers in turn are a key determinant of the annual revenue colleges earn and shape how they allocate resources.

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Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos once said that a major determinant of your brand’s potency is what people say about it when you are out of the room.

But race is not the main determinant in looking to the future.

Political pressure, economic resources and the ability to navigate into a Kafkaesque bureaucracy play a determinant role.

On 11 August 1947, he told the soon-to-be born nation that religion was not the determinant of Pakistani nationalism.

All seem to agree that Goldstone was a determinant of Israel's relatively restrained attack against Hamas this time around.

The social science on child welfare overwhelmingly shows that economic resources are the main determinant of child well-being.

Thus, the determinant motive is here supposed to have been aversion to the marriage of relatives.

The expectation of pain or pleasure determines conduct; and, if so, it must be the sole determinant of conduct.

The relation of supply to demand causes an oscillation of prices, but it is not the determinant of value.

The whole determinant system of an id, as I conceive it, is in a state of continual fluctuation upwards and downwards.

The effect of lactic acid as a determinant of bacterial and enzymic changes is very important.

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