Thesaurus: determinant

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1. a. Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
2. n. That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
3. n. The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws
4. n. A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.
5. adj. having the power or quality of deciding
6. n. a determining or causal element or factor
7. n. the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
8. n. a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations
9. Serving to determine or limit; determinative. 1. That which serves to determine; that which causes determination. 2. (Math.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws; thus, the determinant of the nine numbers. a, b, c,a', b', c',a'\'b7, b'\'b7, c'\'b7, is a b' c'\'b7 -- a b'\'b7 c' + a' b'\'b7 c] -- a' b c'\'b7 + a'\'b7 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. 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.
10. n:100 n. a determining or causal element or factor n. a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations