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Parameter

Parameter Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Parameter? [n] a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves [n] a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data [n] any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance Synonyms \| Synonyms for Parameter: parametric quantity Related Terms \| Find terms related to Parameter: barometer \| boundaries \| boundary condition \| bounds \| bourns \| canon \| catch \| check \| circumference \| circumscription \| clause \| compass \| condition \| confines \| coordinates \| criterion \| degree \| donnee \| edges \| escalator clause \| escape clause \| escape hatch \| fine print \| fringes \| gauge \| given \| graduated scale \| grounds \| joker \| kicker \| limitations \| limiting condition \| limits \| marches \| measure \| metes \| metes and bounds \| model \| norm \| obligation \| outlines \| outskirts \| pale \| parameters \| pattern \| perimeter \| periphery \| prerequisite \| provision \| provisions \| proviso \| quantity \| reading \| readout \| requisite \| rule \| saving clause \| scale \| sine qua non \| skirts \| small print \| specification \| standard \| stipulation \| string \| terms \| test \| touchstone \| type \| ultimatum \| value \| verges \| whereas \| yardstick See Also \| constant \| constant quantity \| degree of freedom \| factor \| quantity Parameter In Webster's Dictionary \Param"eter\, n. [Pref. para- + -meter: cf. F. param[`e]tre.] 1. (a) (Math.) A term applied to some characteristic magnitude whose value, invariable as long as one and the same function, curve, surface, etc., is considered, serves to distinguish that function, curve, surface, etc., from others of the same kind or family. --Brande & C. (b) Specifically (Conic Sections), 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. Note: The parameter of the principal axis of a conic section is called the latus rectum. 2. (Crystallog.) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane; also, the fundamental axial ratio for a given species.

Parameter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parameter?

[n] a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves
[n] a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data
[n] any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Parameter: parametric quantity

Parameter In Webster's Dictionary

\Pa*ram"e*ter\, n. [Pref. para- + -meter: cf. F.
param[`e]tre.]
1.
   (a) (Math.) A term applied to some characteristic
       magnitude whose value, invariable as long as one and
       the same function, curve, surface, etc., is
       considered, serves to distinguish that function,
       curve, surface, etc., from others of the same kind or
       family. --Brande & C.
   (b) Specifically (Conic Sections), 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.

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

2. (Crystallog.) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes
   which determines the position of any plane; also, the
   fundamental axial ratio for a given species.

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