Determinant vs Driver - What's the difference?
determinant | driver |
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.
One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
A person who drives some other vehicle.
(computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
(golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
(nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
As nouns the difference between determinant and driver
is that determinant is a determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something while driver is one who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.As an adjective determinant
is serving to determine or limit; determinative.As a proper noun Driver is
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(wikipedia determinant) (en noun)See also
* permanent * singular *Mathworld article on determinants