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determinants

The correct spelling is determinants.

How to pronounce determinants

noun

Say it like: Det-erm-ina-nts

The correct spelling is determinants. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.

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