(biology) A substance, present in an egg or blastomere, that determines the fate of those cells that inherit it during cleavage.

Marked by self-determination.

The ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others / (politics) The political independence of a people

plural of demonstrative determiner

plural of possessive determiner

(linguistics) A phrase headed by a determiner.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of self-determine

present participle of self-determine

To make one's own decisions without outside interference.

plural of cytoplasmic determinant