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  • noun Plural form of determinant.

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  • We then considered the nature of scientific laws, and found that, instead of stating that one event A is always followed by another event B, they stated functional relations between certain events at certain times, which we called determinants, and other events at earlier or later times or at the same time.

    Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Bertrand Russell 1921

  • And they are the long-term determinants of population growth and therefore work force growth.

    The Bullish Case for the U.S. Economy James Freeman 2011

  • And prognosticators tend to look toward a mixture of partisan elected officials and foul winds of fate and chance as the main determinants of macroeconomic performance.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Fed Tightens 2010

  • A sounder approach, for those concerned about green jobs, would focus on the long-term determinants of economic growth, such as technological innovation.

    Robert Stavins: Renewable Irony Robert Stavins 2010

  • A sounder approach, for those concerned about green jobs, would focus on the long-term determinants of economic growth, such as technological innovation.

    Robert Stavins: Renewable Irony Robert Stavins 2010

  • A sounder approach, for those concerned about green jobs, would focus on the long-term determinants of economic growth, such as technological innovation.

    Robert Stavins: Renewable Irony Robert Stavins 2010

  • A sounder approach, for those concerned about green jobs, would focus on the long-term determinants of economic growth, such as technological innovation.

    Robert Stavins: Renewable Irony Robert Stavins 2010

  • Population size is one of the main determinants of that; small populations experience a lot of drift, creating noise in the selective process, allowing more deleterious mutations to slip through.

    A Genomic Balancing Act 2007

  • Hence his view that Buddhism involves the stripping away of all determinants from the self by a rigorous asceticism and

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Hearings started on March 4 with Robert McCauley, from the Bank for International Settlements, telling the commission that portfolio shifts, including those accomplished through changes and leads and lags were among the most short term determinants of exchange rates.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

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