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discriminant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
dis-crim-i-nant
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

noun

The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pⁿ⁻¹ is singular.

adj

Serving to discriminate.

Inflected Forms

discriminants (plural) more discriminant (comparative) most discriminant (superlative)

Derived Forms

discriminantal discriminantly multidiscriminant nondiscriminant

Phrases

discriminant function

Questions

What does discriminant mean?
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).

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