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Parameter   /pərˈæmətər/   Listen
Parameter

noun
1.
A constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves.  Synonym: parametric quantity.
2.
Any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance.
3.
(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program.  Synonym: argument.
4.
A quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data.



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"Parameter" Quotes from Famous Books



... the study of reversible phenomena. If there be given to the parameter which represents time,[1] and which has assumed increasing values during the duration of the phenomena, decreasing values which make it go the opposite way, the whole system will again pass through exactly the same ...
— The New Physics and Its Evolution • Lucien Poincare


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