Discriminant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An expression used to distinguish or separate other expressions in a quantity or equation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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).
  • adj. Serving to discriminate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See eliminant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In mathematics, the eliminant of the n differential coefficients of a homogeneous function of n variables.
  • Implying equal roots or a node.
  • n. Discriminating.
  • Word Usage
    "If the discriminant is a positive square integer, there will be two rational factors."
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    eliminant   
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