| DETERGENCES | • DETERGENCE n. a cleansing quality, also DETERGENCY. |
| DETERIORATE | • deteriorate v. (Transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair. • deteriorate v. (Intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. • DETERIORATE v. to make inferior in quality or value. |
| DETERIORISM | • DETERIORISM n. the doctrine that the world grows worse. |
| DETERIORITY | • deteriority n. A worse quality or state; inferiority. • DETERIORITY n. (obsolete) worseness. |
| DETERMINACY | • determinacy n. The ability to be completely determined in a definite way; the quality of being determinate. • determinacy n. (Mathematics) (game theory) The study of the circumstances under which a game has a winning strategy. • DETERMINACY n. the state of being determinate. |
| DETERMINANT | • determinant n. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something. • determinant n. (Linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the… • determinant n. (Biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate. |
| DETERMINATE | • determinate adj. Distinct, clearly defined. • determinate adj. Fixed, set, unvarying. • determinate adj. (Biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed. |
| DETERMINERS | • determiners n. Plural of determiner. • DETERMINER n. one that determines. |
| DETERMINING | • determining v. Present participle of determine. • DETERMINE v. to put terms or bounds to. |
| DETERMINISM | • determinism n. (Philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of… • determinism n. (Computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input. • DETERMINISM n. the doctrine that all things, including the will, are determined by causes. |
| DETERMINIST | • determinist n. An advocate of determinism. • determinist adj. Characteristic of determinism. • DETERMINIST n. a believer in determinism. |
| DETERRENCES | • deterrences n. Plural of deterrence. • DETERRENCE n. the act of deterring. |
| DETERRENTLY | • deterrently adv. In a way that deters, or serves as a deterrent. • DETERRENT adv. serving to deter. |
| REDETERMINE | • redetermine v. To determine again. • REDETERMINE v. to determine again. |