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determinant.

A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/Australia, UK/dɪˈtɝmɪnənt/Canada, General-American/dɪˈtɝmənənt/Canada, General-American
  1. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.

  2. 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.

  3. A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.

  4. Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French déterminant, equivalent to determine + -ant.

adj/dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/Australia, UK/dɪˈtɝmɪnənt/Canada, General-American/dɪˈtɝmənənt/Canada, General-American
  1. Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French déterminant, equivalent to determine + -ant.

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