determinative

1. a. Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. Source: opted

2. n. That which serves to determine. Source: opted

3. adj. having the power or quality of deciding Source: wordnet

4. n. one of a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/limited">limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases Source: wordnet

5. n. a determining or causal element or factor Source: wordnet

6. Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor. Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs. That which serves to determine. Explanatory determinatives . . . were placed after words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an aid to the reader in determining the meaning. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). Source: webster

7. Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing;conclusive.Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor.Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specificcharacter of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining thespecies to which a specimen belongs. Source: adambom

8. j:100 n one of a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/limited">limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases n a determining or causal element or factor s having the power or quality of deciding Source: ecdict

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