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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...
- 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...
- programming, a
parameter, a.k.a.
formal argument, is a
variable that
represents an argument, a.k.a.
actual argument, a.k.a.
actual parameter, to a subroutine...
- 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...
- The
parameter space is the
space of all
possible parameter values that
define a
particular mathematical model. It is also
sometimes called weight space...
-
Principles and
parameters is a
framework within generative linguistics in
which the
syntax of a
natural language is
described in
accordance with general...
- In mathematics, a one-
parameter group or one-
parameter subgroup usually means a
continuous group homomorphism φ : R → G {\displaystyle \varphi :\mathbb...
- 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...
- The
Immirzi parameter (also
known as the Barbero–Immirzi
parameter) is a
numerical coefficient appearing in loop
quantum gravity (LQG), a nonperturbative...
- a
scale parameter is a
special kind of
numerical parameter of a
parametric family of
probability distributions. The
larger the
scale parameter, the more...
