"determinant" meaning in English

See determinant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/ [General-Australian, UK], /dɪˈtɝmɪnənt/ [Canada, General-American], /dɪˈtɝmənənt/ [Canada, General-American] Forms: more determinant [comparative], most determinant [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French déterminant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|déterminant}} French déterminant Head templates: {{en-adj}} determinant (comparative more determinant, superlative most determinant)
  1. Serving to determine or limit; determinative. Derived forms: self-determinant Related terms: permanent, singular
    Sense id: en-determinant-en-adj-aIzelCSP

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/ [General-Australian, UK], /dɪˈtɝmɪnənt/ [Canada, General-American], /dɪˈtɝmənənt/ [Canada, General-American] Forms: determinants [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French déterminant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|déterminant}} French déterminant Head templates: {{en-noun}} determinant (plural determinants)
  1. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something. Translations (determining factor): مُحَدِّدٌ (muḥaddidun) [masculine] (Arabic), 決定(性)因素 (Chinese Mandarin), 决定(性)因素 (alt: juédìng(xìng) yīnsù) (Chinese Mandarin), määräävä tekijä (Finnish), ratkaiseva tekijä (Finnish), déterminant [masculine] (French), meghatározó (Hungarian), determinan (Indonesian), penentu (Indonesian), cinntitheach [masculine] (Irish), determinant [masculine] (Norwegian), determinante [masculine] (Portuguese), определя́ющий фа́ктор (opredeljájuščij fáktor) [masculine] (Russian), определи́тель (opredelítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
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  2. (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. Categories (topical): Linear algebra Translations (scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a square matrix): детерминанта (determinanta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), determinant [masculine] (Catalan), 行列式 (hánglièshì) (Chinese Mandarin), determinant [masculine] (Czech), determinant [common-gender] (Danish), determinant [masculine] (Dutch), determinant (Estonian), determinantti (Finnish), déterminant [masculine] (French), Determinante [feminine] (German), ορίζουσα (orízousa) [feminine] (Greek), determináns (Hungarian), ákveða [feminine] (Icelandic), determinan (Indonesian), determinante [masculine] (Italian), 行列式 (gyōretsu-shiki) (Japanese), 행렬식 (haengnyeolsik) (alt: 行列式) (Korean), penentu (Malay), determinant [masculine] (Norwegian), wyznacznik [masculine] (Polish), determinante [masculine] (Portuguese), детермина́нт (determinánt) [masculine] (Russian), determinant [masculine] (Slovak), determinante [masculine] (Spanish), determinant [common-gender] (Swedish), taliyak (Tagalog), định thức (Vietnamese)
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  3. (biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-determinant-en-noun-S68pgaEe Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  4. (genetics) Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-determinant-en-noun-isigiwl9 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bideterminant, cytoplasmic determinant, determinantal, immunodeterminant, macrodeterminant, microdeterminant, Slater determinant

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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "self-determinant"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "déterminant"
      },
      "expansion": "French déterminant",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French déterminant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more determinant",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most determinant",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "determinant (comparative more determinant, superlative most determinant)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "permanent"
    },
    {
      "word": "singular"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Serving to determine or limit; determinative."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "determinative",
          "determinative"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈtɝmɪnənt/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈtɝmənənt/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "determinant"
  ],
  "word": "determinant"
}

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