Decisive vs Determinant - What's the difference?
decisive | determinant |
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
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Marked by promptness and decision.
A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something
(linear algebra) The unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value of 1 for the unit matrix. Abbreviation: det
(biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.
As adjectives the difference between decisive and determinant
is that decisive is having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive while determinant is serving to determine or limit; determinative.As a noun determinant is
a determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.decisive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- ''A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
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- A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.
Synonyms
* decided * positive * conclusiveAntonyms
* indecisiveDerived terms
* decisively * decisivenessReferences
* (Webster 1913) * ----determinant
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Noun
(wikipedia determinant) (en noun)See also
* permanent * singular *Mathworld article on determinants