Parameter Meaning
/pəˈɹæm.ɪ.tə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
nounA variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof.
Sentence Examples
Check the parameter list.
You need a parameter to capture the stiffness of the metal.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To run the simulation, the engineer adjusted the ____ for gravity from 9.8 to 10.2.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The engineer adjusted the key ____ in the simulation to match the real-world conditions more accurately.
Word Origin & History
From French paramètre, from New Latin parametrum (“parameter”), from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “beside”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2007, Charles M. Hansen, Hansen Solubility Parameters, →ISBN:
"The independent parameters of a system or network over F(z) reflect its structure and determine its structural properties (such as the reducibility of coefficient matrix A and its characteristic polynomial det(λI −A), controllability and observability over F(z), etc.)."
— 2012, Kai-Sheng Lu, Rational Function Systems and Electrical Networks with Multi-Parameters, →ISBN:
"On the other hand, if we have suitable data, we may be able to develop some direct computational methods for the essentially nonlinear parameter identification problems, in which fewer or even no nonlinear processes are involved."
— 2014, M. Amouroux, A. El Jai, Control of Distributed Parameter Systems 1989, →ISBN:
"Cohesion parameters (solubility parameters) can be used with full theoretical justification to characterize many surfaces ..."
— 2007, Charles M. Hansen, Hansen Solubility Parameters: A User's Handbook, Second Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 113:
"To this end, we derive an a posteriori error estimator for the error with respect to the unknown parameter."
— 2012, Wolfgang Desch, Franz Kappel, Karl Kunisch, Control and Estimation of Distributed Parameter Systems: International Conference in Maria Trost (Austria), July 15–21, 2001, Birkhäuser, →ISBN, page 41:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To run the simulation, the engineer adjusted the ____ for gravity from 9.8 to 10.2.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The engineer adjusted the key ____ in the simulation to match the real-world conditions more accurately.