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
- 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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