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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An expression used to distinguish or separate other expressions in a quantity or equation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Discriminating.
- noun In mathematics, the eliminant of the n differential coefficients of a homogeneous function of n variables.
- Implying equal roots or a node.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Math.) The eliminant of the
n partial differentials of any homogenous function ofn variables. Seeeliminant .
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- noun algebra An
expression that gives information about theroots of apolynomial ; for example, theexpression D = b2 - 4ac determines whether theroots of thequadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 arereal anddistinct (D > 0), real andequal (D = 0) orcomplex (D < 0). - adjective Serving to
discriminate .
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Examples
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If the discriminant is a positive square integer, there will be two rational factors.
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If the discriminant is a positive non-square integer, there will be two irrational factors.
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If the discriminant is a negative number, there will be two factors in the form of a complex conjugate.
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Fred makes a valid point that I was going to bring up, the ANC, whether you parse bullshit by separating “indiscriminate” from discriminant or ANC policy from alledged “rouge operators” the crimes committed are no less horrifying.
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Well, it seems the university is being discriminant in its actions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Age Discrmination Against Child Prodigy? 2010
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His interest in computer modeling goes back forty years to his multiple-discriminant analysis of Egyptian crania, carried out on an IBM 7090 computer at Harvard, published in the Papers of the Peabody Museum in 1966.
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Well, it seems the university is being discriminant in its actions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Age Discrmination Against Child Prodigy? 2010
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Alternatively, you could use discriminant analysis: find the hyperplane in role playing, sexual orientation, minority group space that best separates those with mental health problems from those without.
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The COIN theorists would like the Afghan government to field a force of somewhere in the neighborhood of 400,000-600,000 disciplined troops, capable of using discriminant force and avoiding civilian casualties.
Derrick Crowe: U.S. Policymakers Let the Vietnam/Afghanistan Comparison Out of the Bag 2009
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Army's GI bill advertising awareness survey: A discriminant analysis (USAREC Research memorandum) by Paula E Gilkey
Who Is Bill Maher?? 2009
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