discriminant
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discriminant (plural discriminants)
- (algebra) An expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial; for example, the expression D = b2 - 4ac determines whether the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are real and distinct (D > 0), real and equal (D = 0) or complex (D < 0).
- (geometry) The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pn-1 is singular.
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discriminant (comparative more discriminant, superlative most discriminant)
- Serving to discriminate.
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discriminant
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Borrowed from Latin discrīmināns.
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discriminant m (plural discriminanten, diminutive discriminantje n)
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discriminant m (plural discriminants)
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- “discriminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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discrīminant
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Borrowed from French discriminant.
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discriminant m or n (feminine singular discriminantă, masculine plural discriminanți, feminine and neuter plural discriminante)
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Declension of discriminant
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indefinite | discriminant | discriminante | discriminanți | discriminante | ||
definite | discriminantului | discriminantei | discriminanților | discriminantelor |