1. (a.) Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

2. (n.) That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.

3. (n.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws

4. (n.) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.

Altmann theory DNA De Vries theory Galtonian theory Mendelianism Mendelism RNA Verworn theory Weismann theory Weismannism Wiesner theory allele allelomorph antecedent antecedents authority base basis birth border line bordering borderline bound boundary boundary condition boundary line bounding bourn break boundary breakoff point call causation cause cause and effect ceiling character chromatid chromatin chromosome circumscription coastal compass confine cutoff cutoff point deadline delimitation determinative determiner determining diathesis division line element end endowment etiology eugenics extreme extremity factor finish floor fringing frontier gene genesiology genetic code genetics ground grounds hedge hereditability heredity heritability heritage high-water mark inborn capacity influence inheritability inheritance interface limbic limen liminal limit limitation limiting limiting factor line line of demarcation littoral low-water mark lower limit march marginal mark matrocliny mete occasion patrocliny pharmacogenetics principle reason recessive character replication rimming skirting start starting line starting point stimulus target date term terminal terminal date terminus threshold time allotment upper limit weight