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Adjective determinant has 1 sense

crucial, deciding, determinant, determinative, determining - having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
Antonym: indecisive (indirect, via decisive)

Noun determinant has 2 senses

determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor - a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
--₁ is a kind of cognitive factor
--₁ has particulars: clincher, decisive factor; influence
Derived form: verb determine₂
determinant - a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations
--₂ is a kind of square matrix