Determinableness
(De*ter"mi*na*ble*ness), n. Capability of being determined; determinability.
Determinacy
(De*ter"mi*na*cy) n. Determinateness. [R.]
Determinant
(De*ter"mi*nant) a. [L. determinans, p. pr. of determinare: cf. F. déterminant.] Serving
to determine or limit; determinative.
Determinant
(De*ter"mi*nant), n.
1. That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
2. (Math.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according
to certain specified laws; thus, the determinant of the nine numbers
a, b, c,a&prime, b&prime, c&prime,a&prime&prime,
b&prime&prime, c&prime&prime,
is a b&prime c&prime&prime - a b&prime&prime c&prime + a&prime
b&prime&prime c] - a&prime b c&prime&prime + a&prime&prime b&prime c. The determinant is written
by placing the numbers from which it is formed in a square between two vertical lines. The theory of
determinants forms a very important branch of modern mathematics.|
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3. (Logic) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but
rendering them more definite and precise. Abp. Thomson.
Determinate
(De*ter"mi*nate) a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of determinare. See Determine.]
1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
Dryden. 2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
Acts ii. 23. 3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
My determinate voyage.
Shak. 4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
Sir P. Sidney. Determinate inflorescence (Bot.), that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a
stem, which puts a limit to its growth; — also called centrifugal inflorescence. — Determinate problem
(Math.), a problem which admits of a limited number of solutions. — Determinate quantities, Determinate
equations (Math.), those that are finite in the number of values or solutions, that is, in which the conditions
of the problem or equation determine the number.
Determinate
(De*ter"mi*nate) v. t. To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. [Obs.]
The sly, slow hours shall not determinate
The dateless limit of thy dear exile.
Shak. Determinately
(De*ter"mi*nate*ly) adv.
1. In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.
The principles of religion are already either determinately true or false, before you think of them.
Tillotson.
