determinant

(s) having the power or quality of deciding
- the crucial experiment
- cast the deciding vote
- the determinative (or determinant) battle
deciding, determinative, determining,

Nouns

(n) a determining or causal element or factor
- education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life
causal factor, determining factor, determinative, determiner,
(n) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself antigenic determinant, epitope,
(n) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations

Synonyms

causal factor determining factor determinative determiner deciding determining antigenic determinant epitope

Words of close approximity

determinate