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English adjective: determinant | |||
| 1. | determinant having the power or quality of deciding | ||
| Samples | The crucial experiment. Cast the deciding vote. The determinative (or determinant) battle. | ||
| Synonyms | deciding, determinative, determining | ||
| Similar | decisive | ||
| Antonyms | indecisive | ||
English noun: determinant | |||
| 1. | determinant (cognition) a determining or causal element or factor | ||
| Samples | Education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life. | ||
| Synonyms | causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cognitive factor | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clincher, decisive factor, influence | ||
| 2. | determinant (substance) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | ||
| Synonyms | antigenic determinant, epitope | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | site, situation | ||
| Part meronym | antigen | ||
| Domain category | immunology | ||
| 3. | determinant (group) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | square matrix | ||
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