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Determinative

a.
  1. Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.
    2. Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.),
    tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs.

n.
  1. That which serves to determine.