determining factor

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• determining factor — noun 1. a determining or causal element or factor (Freq. 1) education is an important determinant of one s outlook on life • Syn: ↑determinant, ↑determiner, ↑determinative, ↑causal factor • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Testis determining factor — (TDF) is a general term for the gene (or product thereof) that results in maleness in humans and some other species. Certain genes cause chemical reactions that result in the development of testes. Embryos are gonadally identical, regardless of… …   Wikipedia

• testis-determining factor — testis determining factor. См. фактор развития семенников. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

• Factor — A financial institution that buys a firm s accounts receivables and collects the debt. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. factor fac‧tor 1 [ˈfæktə ǁ ər] noun 1. [countable] one of many things that influence or affect a situation: •… …   Financial and business terms

• factor — (1) The percent of the original face of an MBS pool that remains outstanding at any given time is called the current factor. Principal payments, made by the borrowers, reduce the original face every month. Thus there is a new current factor each… …   Financial and business terms

• factor — fac|tor1 W1S3 [ˈfæktə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cause/influence)¦ 2¦(level on a scale)¦ 3 by a factor of five/ten etc 4¦(mathematics)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: facteur, from Latin factor doer, maker , from facere to do, make ] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• determining — de|ter|min|ing [ dı tɜrmınıŋ ] adjective controlling your decision to do something: DECIDING: Cost was the determining factor …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• determining — adjective money is the determining factor Syn: deciding, decisive, conclusive, final, definitive, key, pivotal, crucial, critical, major, chief, prime …   Thesaurus of popular words

• determining — UK [dɪˈtɜː(r)mɪnɪŋ] / US [dɪˈtɜrmɪnɪŋ] adjective controlling your decision to do something Cost was the determining factor …   English dictionary

• Factor analysis — is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved, uncorrelated variables called factors. In other words, it is possible, for example, that variations in …   Wikipedia

• factor — n. 1) a contributing; critical, deciding, determining, essential, major factor 2) (math. and fig.) a common factor 3) (meteorology) a wind chill factor 4) a safety factor 5) a factor in * * * [ fæktə] critical deciding determining …   Combinatory dictionary