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Determinant
/dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/
A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
📖 Definitions of "Determinant"
noun
- 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.
adjective
- 1
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
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