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noun
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Statistics. a variable entering into the mathematical form of any distribution such that the possible values of the variable correspond to different distributions.
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Computers. a variable that must be given a specific value during the execution of a program or of a procedure within a program.
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Usually, parameters. limits or boundaries; guidelines: the basic parameters of our foreign policy.
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characteristic or factor; aspect; element: a useful parameter for judging long-term success.
Related forms
Can be confused: 1. boundary, limit, parameter, variable (see synonym note at boundary; see usage note at the current entry); 2. parameter, perimeter.
Usage note
4, 5. Some object strongly to the use of parameter in these newer senses. Nevertheless, the criticized uses are now well established both in educated speech and in edited writing.
4, 5. Some object strongly to the use of parameter in these newer senses. Nevertheless, the criticized uses are now well established both in educated speech and in edited writing.
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Parameters
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- Indeed all economic parameters will show a dive southwards with a continued ethnic cleansing of the white population.
- They use admittedly fabricated guesses at the possible probabilities of various parameters.
- Medicine is highly complex with many hidden parameters so that the outcome of any intervention is uncertain.
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