The determinant "determines" whether the system has a unique solution (which occurs precisely if the determinant is non-zero).

I am not speculating about these events: they occurred precisely as I describe them.

Whichever-it will occur at five minutes past five precisely.

Yet they were in a certain order, otherwise they wouldn't have occurred precisely as they did.

"Last sensor contact with the blip occurred precisely seven minutes ago, Captain," the first officer provided, glancing into the hooded scanner.

Once you've closed contact, a synchronized force-gear will do the rest and make certain that the final energy thrust will occur precisely at time zero.

When a car runs into a concrete barrier, the impact always occurs precisely on the bumper, which tends to be in front of the vehicle's strongest parts.

The graduation ceremony occurred precisely on schedule.

Quite the reverse, in fact, smuggling practices occur precisely in those areas where tobacco products are cheap.

The rapid expansion in exports, especially after 1830, occurred precisely at the time slave exports collapsed.