parameter

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/pəˈɹæm.ɪ.tə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A limit or rule that controls how something can happen.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof.

Examples

  • You need a parameter to capture the stiffness of the metal.

  • The parameter of the principal axis of a conic section is called the latus rectum.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Synonyms
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Also pronounced

  • [pəˈɹæm.ə.ɾɚ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.

  2. Any measured quantity of a statistical population that summarises or describes an aspect of the population.

  3. A variable of a model that is trained by a machine learning algorithm.

More examples

In context

  • Check the parameter list.

  • As molecular surface-to-surface contacts control both solution phenomena and surface phenomena, it is not surprising that various correlations of cohesion parameters and surface phenomena can be found.

  • Cohesion parameters (solubility parameters) can be used with full theoretical justification to characterize many surfaces ...

Synonyms

Quick test

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To run the simulation, the engineer adjusted the blank for gravity from 9.8 to 10.2.

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Origin

noun

From French paramètre, from New Latin parametrum (“parameter”), from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).