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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Determinative \De*ter"mi*na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]terminatif.] Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. Incidents . . . determinative of their course. --I. Taylor. {Determinative tables} (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Determinative \De*ter"mi*na*tive\, n. That which serves to determine. Explanatory determinatives . . . were placed after words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an aid to the reader in determining the meaning. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: determinative adj : having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: {crucial}, {deciding(a)}, {determinant}, {determining(a)}] n 1: one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases [syn: {determiner}] 2: a determining or causal element or factor: "education is an important determinant of one's outlook onlife" [syn: {determinant}, {determiner}, {determining factor}, {causal factor}]
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