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discriminant

discriminant noun: an expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial; for example, the expression D = b² - 4ac determines whether the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are real and distinct (D > 0), real and equal (D = 0) or complex (D < 0).

Noun

discriminant (plural discriminants)

  1. An expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial; for example, the expression D = b² - 4ac determines whether the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are real and distinct (D > 0), real and equal (D = 0) or complex (D < 0).
  2. The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pⁿ⁻¹ is singular.

Adjective

discriminant (comparative more discriminant, superlative most discriminant)

  1. Serving to discriminate.

discriminant meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Persian

discriminant in Tamil

தனித்துக் காட்டி, தன்மைகாட்டி, தன்மைகாட்டு, பண்புகாட்டி

discriminant in Malayalam

വിവേചകം

discriminant in Tagalog

in algebra
talangi

discriminant in Persian

in algebra
مبین mobayyen
More languagesFewer languages
discriminant in Thai
ดิสคริมิแนนต์

Forms of discriminant

Noun
pluraldiscriminants
Adjective
comparativemore discriminant
superlativemost discriminant

Words formed from discriminant

Phrases with discriminant

Questions about discriminant

What does discriminant mean?
Discriminant means an expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial; for example, the expression D = b² - 4ac determines whether the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are real and distinct (D > 0), real and equal (D = 0) or complex (D < 0).
What is discriminant in Tamil?
Discriminant in Tamil is தனித்துக் காட்டி, தன்மைகாட்டி, தன்மைகாட்டு. See Discriminant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is discriminant?
Discriminant can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of discriminant?
The plural of discriminant is discriminants.

Words near discriminant in the dictionary

  1. discriminably
  2. discriminal
  3. discriminance
  4. discriminances
  5. discriminancy
  6. discriminant
  7. discriminant function
  8. discriminant functions
  9. discriminantal
  10. discriminantly
  11. discriminants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discriminant (page history and authors); discriminant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discriminant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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