Determinant

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

II. Determinant ·noun That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.

III. Determinant ·noun The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws.

IV. Determinant ·noun A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.