Synonyms for parameter
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puh-ram-i-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈræm ɪ tər |
Définition of parameter
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
- A considerable amount of variation in this parameter was found in all of the taxa (Table 5).
- Extract from : « Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group » by William E. Duellman
- The two subspecies of H. microcephala agree more closely in this parameter than in fundamental frequency.
- Extract from : « Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group » by William E. Duellman
- The distance between the verbal and the significance of the idea is itself a parameter of the evolution from nature to culture.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- They cover a surface, and the equation of the surface is obtained by eliminating the parameter between the two equations.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 » by Various
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