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parameters

pa·ram·e·ter
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [puh-ram-i-ter]
    • /pəˈræm ɪ tər/
    • /pəˈræm.ɪ.tər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puh-ram-i-ter]
    • /pəˈræm ɪ tər/

Definitions of parameters word

  • noun parameters Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations. 1
  • noun parameters Statistics. a variable entering into the mathematical form of any distribution such that the possible values of the variable correspond to different distributions. 1
  • noun parameters Computers. a variable that must be given a specific value during the execution of a program or of a procedure within a program. 1
  • noun parameters Usually, parameters. limits or boundaries; guidelines: the basic parameters of our foreign policy. 1
  • noun parameters characteristic or factor; aspect; element: a useful parameter for judging long-term success. 1
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Origin of parameters

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
From the New Latin word parametrum, dating back to 1650-60. See para-1, -meter

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Parts of speech for Parameters

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Parameters

parameters popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for parameters

noun parameters

  • diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
  • earshot — the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
  • elbowroom — Sufficient space to have freedom of movement.
  • extensity — (uncountable) The state of being extensive or of having extension.
  • limits — Plural form of limit.
All 5 Synonyms of parameters

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  • family of curves

    a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.

  • maximum likelihood estimation

    a method of estimating population characteristics from a sample by choosing the values of the parameters that will maximize the probability of getting the particular sample actually obtained from the population.

  • nonparametric

    (of a test or method) not requiring assertions about parameters or about the form of the underlying distribution.

  • population parameter

    a quantity or statistical measure that, for a given population, is fixed and that is used as the value of a variable in some general distribution or frequency function to make it descriptive of that population: The mean and variance of a population are population parameters.

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