Noun: parameter pu'ra-mi-tu(r)
- Any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance
"The scientists adjusted various parameters to optimize the experiment"
- A constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves
"They adjusted the parameter to generate different versions of the curve";
- parametric quantity
- A quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data
"The researchers calculated several parameters to describe the population's health trends"
- (computing) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
"The function takes two parameters: the user's name and age";
- argument
Derived forms: parameters
Type of: address, computer address, constant, constant quantity, factor, invariable, quantity, reference, value
Encyclopedia: Parameter