different between determinant vs continuant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French déterminant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m?n?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??t?m?n?nt/

Noun

determinant (plural determinants)

1. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
   • 1999, Noah P. Barsky, Stuart Bruchey (editor), Organizational Determinants of Budgetary Influence and Involvement, Taylor & Francis (Garland Publishing), page 4,

     Shields and Young (1993) argue that the budget participation literature "has not produced a coherent nor unified definition" of both the determinants and consequences of budget participation.

   • 2003, Agis D. Tsouros, Foreword, Richard Wilkinson, Michael Marmot (editors), Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts, World Health Organization, 2nd Edition, page 5,

     The field of the social determinants of health is perhaps the most complex and challenging of all.

   • 2004, Carsten Anckar, Determinants of the Death Penalty: A comparative study of the world, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 165,

     The aim of this book has been to assess the determinants of capital punishment without taking a stand for or against the death penalty.

2. (linear algebra) 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.
   • 1966 [Allyn & Bacon], Howard Whitley Eves, Elementary Matrix Theory, 1980, Dover, Unabridged corrected republication, page 165,

     The determinant of a square matrix ${\displaystyle A_{(n)}}$ is a function (actually a polynomial function) of the elements ${\displaystyle a_{ij}}$ of ${\displaystyle A}$.

   • 1990, Assem S. Deif, Advanced Matrix Theory for Scientists and Engineers, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers (Abacus Press), 2nd Edition, page 18,

     Show that the determinant of a Hermitian matrix is real and that of a skew-Hermitian matrix is imaginary.

   • 2009, Richard A. Brualdi, Dragoš Cvetkovi?, A Combinatorial Approach to Matrix Theory and Its Applications, Taylor & Francis (CRC / Chapman & Hall), page 63,

     Using this definition, we derive the basic properties of a determinant that are useful in its evaluation. In particular, it is shown how the calculation of a determinant can be reduced to the calculation of determinants of lower order.

3. (biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
4. (genetics) Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point

Translations

Derived terms

• bideterminant
• determinantal
• macrodeterminant, microdeterminant

Adjective

determinant (comparative more determinant, superlative most determinant)

1. Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

See also

• permanent
• singular

References

Further reading

• Risk factor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Determinantal variety on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Determinant on Wolfram MathWorld
• Determinant on Encyclopedia of Mathematics

Anagrams

• detrainment

Catalan

Verb

determinant

1. present participle of determinar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?t?rm?nant]

Noun

determinant m

1. determinant (unique scalar function over square matrices)

Related terms

• See termín

Further reading

• determinant in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• determinant in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

determinant c (singular definite determinanten, plural indefinite determinanter)

1. (linear algebra) determinant

Declension

Further reading

• “determinant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

d?terminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of d?termin?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin determinant, from determinare

Noun

determinant m (definite singular determinanten, indefinite plural determinanter, definite plural determinantene)

1. determinant (determining factor)
2. (linear algebra) determinant (mathematical term)

   Determinanten til identitetsmatrisa er 1.

   The determinant of the identity matrix equals 1.

References

• “determinant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin determinant, from determinare

Noun

determinant m (definite singular determinanten, indefinite plural determinantar, definite plural determinantane)

1. determinant (determining factor)
2. (linear algebra) determinant (mathematical term)

References

• “determinant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French déterminant.

Adjective

determinant m or n (feminine singular determinant?, masculine plural determinan?i, feminine and neuter plural determinante)

1. determinant

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?t?rminant/

Noun

determinant m (genitive singular determinantu, nominative plural determinanty, genitive plural determinantov, declension pattern of dub)

1. determining factor
2. (mathematics) determinant

Declension

Further reading

• determinant in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Noun

determinant c

1. (mathematics) determinant

Declension

English

Etymology

continue +? -ant

Noun

continuant (plural continuants)

1. (phonetics) A linguistic sound other than a stop.

   Coordinate term: sonorant

2. (mathematics) A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
3. (ontology) An endurant.

Translations

Adjective

continuant (comparative more continuant, superlative most continuant)

1. Continuing; prolonged; sustained.

Translations

Further reading

• continuant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Verb

continuant

1. present participle of continuar

French

Verb

continuant

1. present participle of continuer

Latin

Verb

continuant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of continu?