determinant

English

Noun

Wikipedia determinant (plural determinants)

1. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something
2. (linear algebra) The unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value of 1 for the unit matrix. Abbreviation: det
3. (biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.

Translations

determining factor

Finnish: ratkaiseva tekijä French: déterminant (fr) m.

Hungarian: meghatározó (hu) Norwegian: determinant (no) m.

in mathematical sense

Bulgarian: детерминанта (bg) f. Estonian: determinant (et) Finnish: determinantti (fi) French: déterminant (fr) m. German: Determinante (de) f. Greek: ορίζουσα (el) f. Hungarian: determináns (hu) Icelandic: ákveða (is) f.

Italian: determinante (it) m. Japanese: 行列式 (gyōretsu-shiki) Norwegian: determinant (no) m. Polish: wyznacznik (pl) m. Slovak: determinant (sk) m. Spanish: determinante (es) m. Swedish: determinant (sv) c.

See also

• permanent
• singular
• Mathworld article on determinants

Anagrams

• detrainment

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Catalan

Verb

determinant

1. Present participle of determinar.

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Latin

Verb

dēterminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dēterminō

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Norwegian

Noun

determinant m.

1. determinant (determining factor)
2. (linear algebra) determinant (mathematical term)

   Determinanten til identitetsmatrisa er 1.

   The determinant of the identity matrix equals 1.

Inflection

    Inflection of determinant

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	determinant	determinanten	determinanter	determinantene
Nynorsk m	determinant	determinanten	determinantar	determinantane

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Slovak

Noun

determinant m., plural determinanty, stem determinant, gen sg determinantu

For declension pattern see dub

1. determining factor
2. (mathematics) determinant

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Swedish

Noun

determinant c.

1. (mathematics) determinant

Declension

Declension of determinant

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	determinant	determinanten	determinanter	determinanterna
genitive	determinants	determinantens	determinanters	determinanternas