Meaning of DETERMINANT in English
adj serving to determine or limit; determinative.
2. determinant ·noun that which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
3. determinant ·noun the sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws.
4. determinant ·noun a mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012