(1):
(a.) Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
(2):
(n.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws
(3):
(n.) That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
(4):
(n.) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.