determinative

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
 * 2)  A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
 * 1)  A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
 * 1)  A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

Derived terms

 * phonetic determinative

Adjective

 * 1) That determines something.
 * 2)  Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law).
 * 3) * 1905 January 21, Ch. Kent, opinion, New York Foundling Hospital v. Gatti, Arizona [Territorial] Supreme Court, as reported in, 1907, The Lawyers Reports Annotated, new series, volume 7, page 313 :
 * This proceeding, though not presenting questions difficult of determination, or points of law that are novel, is unusual in many of its features, and is important as determinative of the disposition and welfare of a number of little children, ignorant of the contest that is being carried on in regard to them.
 * 1) * 1905 January 21, Ch. Kent, opinion, New York Foundling Hospital v. Gatti, Arizona [Territorial] Supreme Court, as reported in, 1907, The Lawyers Reports Annotated, new series, volume 7, page 313 :
 * This proceeding, though not presenting questions difficult of determination, or points of law that are novel, is unusual in many of its features, and is important as determinative of the disposition and welfare of a number of little children, ignorant of the contest that is being carried on in regard to them.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 决定性的, 确定性的
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: