determinant

1 ENTRIES FOUND:

determinant (noun)

determinant /dɪˈtɚmənənt/ noun

plural determinants

determinant

/dɪˈtɚmənənt/

noun

plural determinants

Learner's definition of DETERMINANT

[count] formal

: a thing that controls or influences what happens決定性因素 — often + of

Level of education is often a determinant of income.教育水平常是收入的一個決定性因素。

TOEFL BNC: 8235 COCA: 11034

determinant

noun

de·ter·mi·nant di-ˈtər-mə-nənt

: an element that identifies or determines the nature of something or that fixes or conditions an outcome

education level as a determinant of income

mathematics : a square array of numbers bordered on the left and right by a vertical line and having a value equal to the algebraic sum of all possible products where the number of factors in each product is the same as the number of rows or columns, each factor in a given product is taken from a different row and column, and the sign of a product is positive or negative depending upon whether the number of permutations necessary to place the indices representing each factor's position in its row or column in the order of the natural numbers is odd or even