parameter

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Synonyms: pirameter, parmeter, parameters, perimeter, pargeter, parmenter, paramese, parametre, paranete, barometer, pyrometer

Antonyms: pirameter, parmeter, parameters, perimeter, pargeter, parmenter, paramese, parametre, paranete, barometer, pyrometer

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Noun

1. A [[value]] kept [[constant]] during an [[experiment]], [[equation]], [[calculation]]{{,}} or similar, but [[vary|varied]] over other [[version]]s of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
2. {{lb|en|sciences}} A [[variable]] that describes a [[property]] or [[characteristic]] of some [[system]] ([[material]], [[object]], [[event]]{{,}} etc.) or some aspect thereof.
3. {{lb|en|programming}} An [[input]] variable of a [[function]] definition, that gets an actual [[value]] ([[argument]]) at [[execution]] time.
4. {{lb|en|programming|loosely}} An actual value given to such a formal parameter.
5. A [[characteristic]] or [[feature]] that distinguishes something from others.
6. {{lb|en|geometry}} In the [[ellipse]] and [[hyperbola]], a [[third]] [[proportional]] to any [[diameter]] and its [[conjugate]], or in the [[parabola]], to any [[abscissa]] and the corresponding [[ordinate]].
7. {{c|en|Algebra}}{{lb|en|[[commutative algebra]]}} {{clipping of|en|uniformizing parameter}}.
8. {{lb|en|crystallography}} The [[ratio]] of the three [[crystallographic]] [[axis|axes]] which determines the position of any [[plane]].
9. {{lb|en|crystallography}} The fundamental axial ratio for a given [[species]].

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