Determinant



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解释

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• n. / adj. 决定因素, 决定性的
• ［英］ n. / adj. 决定因素, 决定性的 ( thing that determines or decides how sth. happens)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 1686
• 1. an element that identifies or determines the nature of something or that fixes or conditions an outcome
• 2. a square array of numbers bordered on the left and right by a vertical line and having a value equal to the algebraic sum of all possible products where the number of factors in each product is the same as the number of rows or columns, each factor in a given product is taken from a different row and column, and the sign of a product is positive or negative depending upon whether the number of permutations necessary to place the indices representing each factor's position in its row or column in the order of the natural numbers is odd or even
• 3. gene
• 4. epitope
• ? determinantal adjective

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