determinant
noun
a determining agent or factor.
determinants
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pluralof determinant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Northwestern Medicine researchers identified the connection using a new index designed to capture several neighborhood social determinants of health at once.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
And you can’t talk about health without addressing its broader social determinants: housing, food security and financial stability.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
UT Austin also educates medical professionals in “social determinants of health,” according to its website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
"To break free from the poverty trap, it is essential to first break the primary vicious circle by addressing its root causes - namely the key determinants of economic growth," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
First, Dobzhansky noted, genotypes were not the sole determinants of phenotypes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
