determinator

or de·ter·mi·na·ter

[ dih-tur-muh-ney-ter ]

noun

determiner (def. 1).

Origin of determinator

¹

First recorded in 1550–60; determine + -ator

Words Nearby determinator

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How to use determinator in a sentence

The activity of each is the result of its own past state, the determinator of its own future (pp. 706, 722).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4 | Various
Now he could get these people to take Mauson before a determinator.
Alarm Clock | Everett B. Cole

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