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Determinant   /dɪtˈərmənənt/   Listen
noun
Determinant  n.  
1.
That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
2.
(Math.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws
3.
(Logic) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.


adjective
Determinant  adj.  Serving to determine or limit; determinative.





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"Determinant" Quotes from Famous Books



... according to Dr. Cronin, 'is one of the most important of all the determinants of value, for labour is the chief element in cost of production, and cost of production is one of the chief elements in determining the level at which it is useful to buy or sell. But labour is not the only determinant of value; there is, e.g., the price of the raw materials, a price that is not wholly determined by the labour ...
— An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching • George O'Brien
... proportion as the absolute value of the separating intervals decreases the true nature of this period should be more clearly manifested. It is scarcely to be doubted that the complexity of its content is likewise a determinant of the temporal value of this period, and that to this factor is to be attributed the changes ...
— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various


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