Definition of determinants Determinants

/dɪtɚˈmʌnʌnts/ - [ditermununts] -

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What does determinants mean?

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Noun Plural: determinants
determinant - a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
		determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
		cognitive factor something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result
		decisive factor, clincher a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
determinant - a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations
determinant - the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
		antigenic determinant, epitope
		site, situation physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
		antigen any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)

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determinant (Noun)
A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
determinant (Noun)
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.
determinant (Noun)
A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
determinant (Adjective)
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

determinant (a.)
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
determinant (n.)
That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
determinant (n.)
The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws
determinant (n.)
A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.