determinant

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: de=ter=mi=nant

OXFORD DICTIONARY

determinant, adj. & n.
--adj. serving to determine or define.
--n.
1 a determining factor, element, word, etc.
2 Math. a quantity obtained by the addition of products of the elements of a square matrix according to a given rule.

Etymology

L determinare (as DETERMINE)

THESAURUS

determinant

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