Math. [ad. L. circulānt-em, pr. pple. of circulāre (see CIRCULATE).] A species of determinant.
1881. Burnside & Panton, Theory Equat., xi. § 129. Here in all the rows the constituents are the same five quantities taken in circular order, a different one standing first in each row. A determinant of this kind is called a circulant.
