determinant
/dɪˈtɝmɪnənt/ noun C1- A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
- 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.
- A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
- Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point
Plural determinants
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