determinant
a determining agent or factor.
Mathematics. an algebraic expression of the sum of products of elements, each with an appropriate algebraic sign, usually written in a square array and used in the solution of systems of linear equations.
Also called antigenic determinant, ep·i·tope [ep-i-tohp] /ˈɛp ɪˌtoʊp/ .Immunology. any site on an antigen molecule at which an antibody can bind, the chemical structure of the site determining the specific combining antibody.
Genetics Archaic. a gene.
Origin of determinant
1Other words from determinant
- non·de·ter·mi·nant, noun
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“It is basically an asset management tool, but it is not the sole determinant of what trees or why 25 feet clearance is the right distance,” Skinner said.
Watchdog Warns: SDG&E’s Tree-Trimming Plan Could Worsen Wildfires | MacKenzie Elmer | August 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoOf the three, fertility, the number of children women have, is the key—that’s the major determinant of the population in 2100.
How Rising Education for Women Is Shaping the Global Population - Facts So Romantic | Kiki Sanford | August 19, 2020 | NautilusThose enrollment numbers in turn are a key determinant of the annual revenue that colleges earn and shape how they allocate resources.
Those enrollment numbers in turn are a key determinant of the annual revenue colleges earn and shape how they allocate resources.
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos once said that a major determinant of your brand’s potency is what people say about it when you are out of the room.
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But race is not the main determinant in looking to the future.
Class Issues, Not Race, Will Likely Seal the Next Election | Joel Kotkin | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPolitical pressure, economic resources and the ability to navigate into a Kafkaesque bureaucracy play a determinant role.
In Italy, Religious Minorities Struggle (Vainly) for Official Recognition | Anna Momigliano | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn 11 August 1947, he told the soon-to-be born nation that religion was not the determinant of Pakistani nationalism.
Why Pakistan's Mohammed Ali Jinnah Was No Nelson Mandela | Kapil Komireddi | April 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAll seem to agree that Goldstone was a determinant of Israel's relatively restrained attack against Hamas this time around.
On Gaza, Goldstone And Israeli Strategy Regarding Terrorist Enclaves | Yossi Alpher | December 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe social science on child welfare overwhelmingly shows that economic resources are the main determinant of child well-being.
Thus, the determinant motive is here supposed to have been aversion to the marriage of relatives.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtThe expectation of pain or pleasure determines conduct; and, if so, it must be the sole determinant of conduct.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenThe relation of supply to demand causes an oscillation of prices, but it is not the determinant of value.
Socialism | John SpargoThe whole determinant system of an id, as I conceive it, is in a state of continual fluctuation upwards and downwards.
Evolution in Modern Thought | Ernst HaeckelThe effect of lactic acid as a determinant of bacterial and enzymic changes is very important.
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British Dictionary definitions for determinant
/ (dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt) /
serving to determine or affect
a factor, circumstance, etc, that influences or determines
maths a square array of elements that represents the sum of certain products of these elements, used to solve simultaneous equations, in vector studies, etc: Compare matrix (def. 9)
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