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Synonyms for parameters

Grammar : Noun
Spell : puh-ram-i-ter
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈræm ɪ tər


Définition of parameters

Origin :
  • 1650s in geometry, from Modern Latin parameter (1630s), from Greek para- "beside, subsidiary" (see para- (1)) + metron "measure" (see meter (n.2)).
  • A geometry term until 1920s when it yielded sense of "measurable factor which helps to define a particular system" (1927). Common modern meaning (influenced by perimeter) of "boundary, limit, characteristic factor" is from 1950s. Related: Parametric.
  • noun limit
Example sentences :
  • We can affect some of its parameters, but not its global behavior.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • It ought then to be possible to express them all in terms of three parameters.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 » by Various
  • The first distinction regards the number of these parameters.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 » by Various
  • The ratio a : c of the parameters, or the axial ratio, is characteristic of all the crystals of the same substance.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 » by Various
  • Each communication is framed in a context constituting its parameters of pre-understanding.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • If no one of these parameters is capable of continuous variation, the group is called a discontinuous group.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 » by Various
  • If all the parameters are capable of continuous variation, the group is called a continuous group.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 » by Various
  • If some of the parameters are capable of continuous variation and some are not, the group is called a mixed group.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 » by Various
  • The two parts of the energy must then be expressed as functions of the parameters q and of their derivatives.
  • Extract from : « The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method » by Henri Poincar
  • Which shall we prefer to regard as the derivatives of these parameters?
  • Extract from : « The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method » by Henri Poincar

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