determinative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: determinative	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for determinative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
determinative adj having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" Synonym(s): deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a) n one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases Synonym(s): determiner, determinative a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" Synonym(s): determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Determinative \Deter"minative\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]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 \Deter"mina*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).