'Determinant' definitions:
Definition of 'determinant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)]
noun
A determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor]
noun
The site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself [syn: antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope]
noun
A square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations
Definition of 'Determinant'
From: GCIDE
- Determinant \De*ter"mi*nant\, a. [L. determinans, p. pr. of determinare: cf. F. d['e]terminant.] Serving to determine or limit; determinative. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Determinant'
From: GCIDE
- Determinant \De*ter"mi*nant\, n.
- 1. That which serves to determine; that which causes determination. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws;
- Note: thus, the determinant of the nine numbers a, b, c,a', b', c',a'', b'', c'', is a b' c'' - a b'' c' + a' b'' c] - a' b c'' + a'' b' c. The determinant is written by placing the numbers from which it is formed in a square between two vertical lines. The theory of determinants forms a very important branch of modern mathematics. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Logic) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise. --Abp. Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'determinant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allele,
- allelomorph,
- Altmann theory,
- antecedent,
- antecedents,
- authority,
- base,
- basis,
- birth,
- border line,
- bordering,
- borderline,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bounding,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- call,
- causation,
- cause,
- cause and effect,
- ceiling,
- character,
- chromatid,
- chromatin,
- chromosome,
- circumscription,
- coastal,
- compass,
- confine,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- De Vries theory,
- deadline,
- delimitation,
- determinative,
- determiner,
- determining,
- diathesis,
- division line,
- DNA,
- element,
- end,
- endowment,
- etiology,
- eugenics,
- extreme,
- extremity,
- factor,
- finish,
- floor,
- fringing,
- frontier,
- Galtonian theory,
- gene,
- genesiology,
- genetic code,
- genetics,
- ground,
- grounds,
- hedge,
- hereditability,
- heredity,
- heritability,
- heritage,
- high-water mark,
- inborn capacity,
- influence,
- inheritability,
- inheritance,
- interface,
- limbic,
- limen,
- liminal,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- littoral,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- marginal,
- mark,
- matrocliny,
- Mendelianism,
- Mendelism,
- mete,
- occasion,
- patrocliny,
- pharmacogenetics,
- principle,
- reason,
- recessive character,
- replication,
- rimming,
- RNA,
- skirting,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- stimulus,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- time allotment,
- upper limit,
- Verworn theory,
- weight,
- Weismann theory,
- Weismannism,
- Wiesner theory
Words containing 'Determinant'
- Determinability,
- Determinable,
- Determinableness,
- Determinate,
- Determinately,
- Determinateness,
- Determination,
- Determinative,
- Determinator,
- Determine,
- Determined,
- Determinedly,
- Determiner,
- Determining,
- Determinism,
- Determinate equations,
- Determinate inflorescence,
- Determinate problem,
- Determinate quantities,
- Determinative tables,
- antigenic determinant,
- determining factor,
- Self-determination,
- Self-determining,
- Skew symmetrical determinant,
- self-determined