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Parameter
Parameter Pa*ram"e*ter, n. [Pref. para- + -meter: cf. F.
param[`e]tre.]
1.
(a) (Math.) A term applied to some characteristic
magnitude whose value, invariable as long as one and
the same function, curve, surface, etc., is
considered, serves to distinguish that function,
curve, surface, etc., from others of the same kind or
family. --Brande & C.
(b) Specifically (Conic Sections), 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.
Note: The parameter of the principal axis of a conic section
is called the latus rectum.
2. (Crystallog.) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes
which determines the position of any plane; also, the
fundamental axial ratio for a given species.
Meaning of Parameter from wikipedia
- A
parameter (from
Ancient Gr**** παρά (pará) 'beside, subsidiary' and μέτρον (métron) 'measure'), generally, is any
characteristic that can help in defining...
- The
uncertainty parameter U is
introduced by the
Minor Planet Center (MPC) to
quantify the
uncertainty of a
perturbed orbital solution for a
minor planet...
- In statistics, as
opposed to its
general use in mathematics, a
parameter is any
quantity of a
statistical po****tion that
summarizes or
describes an aspect...
- a
scale parameter is a
special kind of
numerical parameter of a
parametric family of
probability distributions. The
larger the
scale parameter, the more...
-
Principles and
parameters is a
framework within generative linguistics in
which the
syntax of a
natural language is
described in
accordance with general...
- Look up
parameter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
parameter is a
quantity that
changes characteristics of a
system or a function.
Parameter may also...
- In
computer programming,
named parameters, named-
parameter arguments,
named arguments or
keyword arguments refer to a
computer language's
support for...
- to as Lamé's
first parameter and Lamé's
second parameter, respectively.
Other names are
sometimes emplo**** for one or both
parameters,
depending on context...
- Tisserand's
parameter (or Tisserand's invariant) is a
number calculated from
several orbital elements (semi-major axis,
orbital eccentricity, and inclination)...
- languages, Type
Parameter is a
generic label used in
generic programming to
reference an
unknown data type, data structure, or class. Type
Parameter is most frequently...
