determinant
- Noun. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
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