parameter

Parameter ([ paˈraːmetɐ ], ancient Greek παρά para "next to" and μέτρον metron "measure") stands for:

• in mathematics, physics, technology in general the parameters, see coefficient
• in analysis a special group of variables in an equation, see parameters (mathematics)
• in analytical geometry especially the variables of the parametric representation
• in the geometry in particular one of the parameters of a conic section, see conic section
• in the statistics one of the variables that define a probability distribution, see parameters (statistics)
• in design engineering the parameters of an object to be constructed, see e.g. CAD #Parametric Modeling
• in programming an argument that is passed to a program or subroutine, see parameters (computer science)
• in chemistry various reaction-specific intensive or extensive quantities, see chemical equilibrium
• the properties of the individual tone or compositional parameters in a piece of music, see parameters (music)
• in linguistics as the rule system of transformation / universal grammar, see parameters (linguistics)

See also:

• Parameterization

Wiktionary: parameters  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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