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parameter

noun
/pəˈɹæm.ɪ.tə/UK/pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚ/US/parɑ.miʈə(r)/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from παρα-
  2. derived from parametrum
  3. borrowed from paramètre

Definitions

  1. A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied…

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

    • 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.
    • 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.

  2. A variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object,…

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

    • Cohesion parameters (solubility parameters) can be used with full theoretical justification to characterize many surfaces ...
    • To this end, we derive an a posteriori error estimator for the error with respect to the unknown parameter.

  3. An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at…

    An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. An actual value given to such a formal parameter.

    2. A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.

    3. In the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or…

      In the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.

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

    4. Clipping of uniformizing parameter.

    5. The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane.

    6. The fundamental axial ratio for a given species.

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Derived

actual parameter, clinicoparameter, Coriolis parameter, formal parameter, Hapke parameter, Hildebrand solubility parameter, hyperparameter, lattice parameter, macroparameter, metaparameter, microparameter, multiparameter, named parameter, nuisance parameter, parameterisation, parameterise, parameterization, parameterize, parameterless, parametrization, positional parameter, rest parameter, Sommerfeld parameter, speed parameter, subparameter, superparameter, time parameter, uniparameter

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at parameter. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at parameter. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at parameter

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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