discriminant

Meaning of discriminant

noun
  1. a distinguishing feature or characteristic.
    anaemia is commonly present in patients with both conditions, and is therefore not a helpful discriminant

mid 19th century (in the sense ‘showing discernment’): from Latin discriminant- ‘distinguishing between’, from the verb discriminare (see discriminate).

Information about discriminant

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of discriminant is: discriminants.
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Hyphenation of discriminant

dis-crim-i-nant

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
  • discriminant is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

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