determinant
Phonetic
US /dɪˈtɜːrmɪnənt/UK /dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/
Translations
NOUNA determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something., 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., A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate., Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point
ADJServing to determine or limit; determinative.
Variants
- determinants: Plural
Examples
Albert Einstein was fascinated by these experiments, writing to Fankhauser that “what the real determinant of form and organization is seems quite obscure
Source:www.scientificamerican.com
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