The discriminant of a polynomial is a quantity that depends on the coefficients and determines various properties of the roots.
Discriminant may also refer to its various generalizations:
Mathematics Discriminant of an algebraic number field Discriminant of an elliptic curve Discriminant of a quadratic form Discriminant of a real-valued function Fundamental discriminant Modular discriminant
Medicine Modified Maddrey's discriminant function
Psychology Discriminant validity
Statistics Discriminant analysis Kernel Fisher discriminant analysis Multiple discriminant analysis