discriminant adjective & noun. [dɪ'skrɪmɪnǝnt] M19.
[Latin discriminant- pres. ppl stem of discriminare DISCRIMINATE verb: see -ANT¹.]
A. adjective.
1. Discriminating; showing discrimination or discernment. M19.

2. Statistics. Designating a function of several variates that is used to give the best classification of items for which values of the variates are available. M20.
b. noun.
1. Math. A function derived from another function and providing information about its behaviour. M19.

2. gen. That which enables discrimination; a distinguishing feature, spec. a discriminant function. E20.

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