determinant.
A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
Meaning & usage
A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
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.
A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French déterminant, equivalent to determine + -ant.
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French déterminant, equivalent to determine + -ant.
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