determinant — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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

determinant is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• determiner A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

determinant — full definition

1. noun A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
2. noun 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. noun A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
4. noun Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point

determiner — full definition

1. noun Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
2. noun A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
3. noun Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
4. noun A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.