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determinante — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • critical adj Extremely important, often because a lot depends on it.
  • decisive adj Settling an issue conclusively; producing a clear result.
  • determinant noun A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
  • determiner noun Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.

Senses

determinante is used for these senses in English:

  • critical Extremely important.
  • decisive Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
  • determinant (linear algebra) 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.

critical — full definition

  1. adj Extremely important, often because a lot depends on it.
  2. adj Expressing disapproval or finding fault.
  3. adj In a dangerous or unstable medical condition.
  4. adj Relating to careful analysis or evaluation, especially of literature or art.

decisive — full definition

  1. adj Settling an issue conclusively; producing a clear result.
  2. adj Able to make decisions quickly and confidently.

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