determinant
UK/dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt//dɪˈtɝmɪnənt/
determinant noun: a determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
Noun
determinant (plural determinants)
- A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
- Shields and Young (1993) argue that the budget participation literature "has not produced a coherent nor unified definition" of both the determinants and consequences of budget participation.1999, Noah P. Barsky, Stuart Bruchey (editor), Organizational Determinants of Budgetary Influence and Involvement, Taylor & Francis (Garland Publishing), page 4
- The field of the social determinants of health is perhaps the most complex and challenging of all.2003, Agis D. Tsouros, “Foreword”, in Richard Wilkinson, Michael Marmot, editors, Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts, 2nd edition, World Health Organization, page 5
- 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.
- 1966 [Allyn & Bacon], Howard Whitley Eves, Elementary Matrix Theory, 1980, Dover, Unabridged corrected republication, page 165,
The determinant of a square matrix A_(n) is a function (actually a polynomial function) of the elements a_ij of A. - Show that the determinant of a Hermitian matrix is real and that of a skew-Hermitian matrix is imaginary.1990, Assem S. Deif, Advanced Matrix Theory for Scientists and Engineers, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers (Abacus Press), 2nd Edition, page 18
- 1966 [Allyn & Bacon], Howard Whitley Eves, Elementary Matrix Theory, 1980, Dover, Unabridged corrected republication, page 165,
- A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
- Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point
Adjective
determinant (comparative more determinant, superlative most determinant)
- Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
determinant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic
determinant in Hindi
- scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a square matrix
- सारणिक sārṇik
determinant in Tamil
- அணிக்கோவை
determinant in Tagalog
- scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a square matrix
- taliyak
determinant in Arabic
- determining factor
- مُحَدِّد muḥaddid
- scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a square matrix
- مُحَدِّد muḥaddid
More languagesFewer languages
- determinant in Malay
- penentu
- determinant in Indonesian
- determinan, penentu
- determinant in Persian
- تعیینکننده ta'yin-konande
- determinant in Vietnamese
- định thức
Examples of determinant in a sentence
- The aim of this book has been to assess the determinants of capital punishment without taking a stand for or against the death penalty.2004, Carsten Anckar, Determinants of the Death Penalty: A comparative study of the world, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 165:
- Using this definition, we derive the basic properties of a determinant that are useful in its evaluation.2009, Richard A. Brualdi, Dragoš Cvetkoviċ, A Combinatorial Approach to Matrix Theory and Its Applications, Taylor & Francis (CRC / Chapman...
Forms of determinant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | determinants |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more determinant |
| superlative | most determinant |
Origin of determinant
Borrowed from French déterminant, equivalent to determine + -ant.
Words formed from determinant
- self-determinant
- allodeterminant
- antideterminant
- bideterminant
- cytoplasmic determinant
- determinantal
- hyperdeterminant
- immunodeterminant
- macrodeterminant
- microdeterminant
- multideterminant
- predeterminant
- quasideterminant
- serodeterminant
- skew-symmetric determinant
- Slater determinant
- stereodeterminant
- subdeterminant
- superdeterminant
Questions about determinant
- What does determinant mean?
- Determinant means a determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
- What is determinant in Hindi?
- Determinant in Hindi is सारणिक (sārṇik). See Determinant meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use determinant in a sentence?
- The aim of this book has been to assess the determinants of capital punishment without taking a stand for or against the death penalty.
- What part of speech is determinant?
- Determinant can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce determinant?
- Determinant is pronounced /dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of determinant?
- The plural of determinant is determinants.
Words near determinant in the dictionary
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