"discriminant" meaning in English

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Adjective

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  1. Serving to discriminate.
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Noun

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  1. (algebra) An expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial; for example, the expression D = b² - 4ac determines whether the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are real and distinct (D > 0), real and equal (D = 0) or complex (D < 0). Categories (topical): Algebra
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  2. (geometry) The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pⁿ⁻¹ is singular. Categories (topical): Geometry
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: discriminantal, discriminant function, discriminantly, multidiscriminant, nondiscriminant Translations (in algebra): 判別式 (english: pun³ bit⁶ sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 判别式 (english: pun³ bit⁶ sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 判別式 /判别式 (pànbiéshì) (Chinese Mandarin), diskriminant [masculine] (Czech), diskriminant (Danish), diskriminantti (Finnish), discriminant [masculine] (French), διακρίνουσα (diakrínousa) [feminine] (Greek), diszkrimináns (Hungarian), 判別式 (hanbetsushiki) (Japanese), مبین (mobayyen) (Persian), wyróżnik [masculine] (Polish), discriminant [masculine] (Romanian), дискримина́нт (diskriminánt) [masculine] (Russian), discriminante (Spanish), diskriminant [common-gender] (Swedish), talangi (Tagalog), ดิสคริมิแนนต์ (Thai)
Disambiguation of 'in algebra': 51 49

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