D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Determinant

/dĭt-ẽrm'-ən-ənt/ · De·ter·mi·nant · IPA /dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt/
01 a. Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
  1. 1.
    Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
02 n. That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
  1. 1.
    That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
  2. 2.
    The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws(Math.)
  3. 3.
    A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.(Logic)