determinant

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnənt/

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)

• Irish: cinntitheach (ga) m
• Norwegian: determinant (no) m

in mathematical sense

• Bulgarian: детерминанта (bg) (determinanta) f
• Estonian: determinant (et)
• Finnish: determinantti (fi)
• French: déterminant (fr) m
• German: Determinante (de) f
• Greek: ορίζουσα (el) (orízousa) 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

Adjective

determinant (comparative more determinant, superlative most determinant)

1. Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

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 (genitive singular determinantu, nominative plural determinanty), declension pattern dub

1. determining factor
2. (mathematics) determinant

Declension

    declension of determinant

	singular	plural
nominative	determinant	determinanty
genitive	determinantu	determinantov
dative	determinantu	determinantom
accusative	determinant	determinanty
locative	determinantoch	determinantoch
instrumental	determinantom	determinantmi

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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