determinant

Definition

A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.

Etymology

Borrowed from French déterminant, equivalent to determine + -ant.

Example Sentences

• "1999, Noah P. Barsky, Stuart Bruchey (editor), Organizational Determinants of Budgetary Influence and Involvement, Taylor & Francis (Garland Publishing), page 4, Shields and Young (1993) argue that the budget participation literature "has not produced a coherent nor unified definition" of both the determinants and consequences of budget participation."
• "The field of the social determinants of health is perhaps the most complex and challenging of all."
• "The aim of this book has been to assess the determinants of capital punishment without taking a stand for or against the death penalty."