determinant: 意味と定義

Determinative.

An influencing or determining element or factor: "Education is the second most important determinant of recreational participation” ( John P. Robinson).

Mathematics The value that is computed from a square matrix of numbers by a rule of combining products of the matrix entries and that characterizes the solvablitity of simultaneous linear equations. Its absolute value can be interpreted as an area or volume.

Immunology An epitope.