Parameter
noun
A limit or guideline that controls how something should be done or what can be done.
The test must be done within certain parameters to be accurate.
Often appears as...
- within set parameters
- exceed the parameters
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General,Technical
noun
A numerical characteristic of a population in statistics.
In a Gaussian distribution, the mean and variance are its parameters.
Often appears as...
- population parameter
- statistical parameter
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Academic,Technical
noun
A value that depicts and controls the behavior of a system.
You can tweak the parameters in the software to customize its functions.
Often appears as...
- system parameter
- input parameter
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Technical
noun
A feature or detail of a situation that affects the way it happens or is managed.
In our planning, we had not taken into account the parameter of weather changes.
Often appears as...
- change the parameters
- key parameter
noun
A limit or guideline that controls how something should be done or what can be done.
The test must be done within certain parameters to be accurate.
Often appears as...
- within set parameters
- exceed the parameters
Usage tips
General,Technical
noun
A numerical characteristic of a population in statistics.
In a Gaussian distribution, the mean and variance are its parameters.
Often appears as...
- population parameter
- statistical parameter
Usage tips
Academic,Technical
noun
A value that depicts and controls the behavior of a system.
You can tweak the parameters in the software to customize its functions.
Often appears as...
- system parameter
- input parameter
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A feature or detail of a situation that affects the way it happens or is managed.
In our planning, we had not taken into account the parameter of weather changes.
Often appears as...
- change the parameters
- key parameter
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Boundary Conditions
Parameter sets boundaries within which an activity occurs or a decision is made.
We can only choose a venue within the parameters of our budget.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Fixed
Parameters can be flexible and may change based on new information or conditions.
Our project parameters shifted after the initial market analysis.
Pro Tip 1/2Boundary Conditions
Parameter sets boundaries within which an activity occurs or a decision is made.
We can only choose a venue within the parameters of our budget.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Fixed
Parameters can be flexible and may change based on new information or conditions.
Our project parameters shifted after the initial market analysis.
Pro Tip 1/2Boundary Conditions
Parameter sets boundaries within which an activity occurs or a decision is made.
We can only choose a venue within the parameters of our budget.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Fixed
Parameters can be flexible and may change based on new information or conditions.
Our project parameters shifted after the initial market analysis.
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Mining literature for...
Here, we see those influential forces at work, and we've shown off our ability to understand the complicated nature of the human experience, which, again, allows us to access those big ideas that reveal the deeper meaning of a story, ideas, in this case, like the parameters of maternal instinct, the consequences of injustice,
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How pollution is...
So we start at the bottom, which can be over four kilometers deep just off our continental shelf, and we take samples at regular intervals right up to the surface. We take the seawater back on the deck, and then we can either analyze them on the ship or back in the laboratory for the different chemicals parameters.
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Optical illusions show...
is determined by multiple things in the world, not only the color of objects, but also the color of their illumination, and the color of the space between us and those objects. You vary any one of those parameters, and you'll change the color of the light that falls onto your eye. This is a huge problem,
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Where's Google going...
from the government for stuff that we've never had a conversation about. And I don't mean we have to know what the particular terrorist attack is they're worried about protecting us from, but we do need to know what the parameters of it is, what kind of surveillance the government's
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When is elsewhen? PIPE E...
are we supposed to be here you said three o'clock consensus time has to be expressed in contemporary time units I mean can we just call it like rainy afternoon time what we normalize is the waiting parameter but I don't need to be synchronous everyone all the time if
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
But in the regards to using sustainability as a parameter, as a criteria for fueling systems-based solutions, because as I've just demonstrated with these simple products, they're participating in these major problems. So we need to look across the entire life
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Chase a Wild Buffalo...
the future if our kids are going to have the same options that we have same liberties we're going to have to figure out how we're going to manage the natural world without the parameters of nature the way it was before we arrived
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Robots that fly ... and...
is when you scale things down, the robot naturally becomes agile. So here, R is the characteristic length of the robot. It's actually half the diameter. And there are lots of physical parameters that change as you reduce R.
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The quest to understand...
are, in fact, extremely maintained day after day for one very good reason. If you deviate too much in the parameters that are close to the midline of that life-permitting survival range,
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Free Again PIPE Orangutan...
probably the best feeling in the world they'll spread out they'll find out their own little territories and and settle down and become real parameters
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Mining literature for...
Here, we see those influential forces at work, and we've shown off our ability to understand the complicated nature of the human experience, which, again, allows us to access those big ideas that reveal the deeper meaning of a story, ideas, in this case, like the parameters of maternal instinct, the consequences of injustice,
Video examples
How pollution is...
So we start at the bottom, which can be over four kilometers deep just off our continental shelf, and we take samples at regular intervals right up to the surface. We take the seawater back on the deck, and then we can either analyze them on the ship or back in the laboratory for the different chemicals parameters.
Video examples
Optical illusions show...
is determined by multiple things in the world, not only the color of objects, but also the color of their illumination, and the color of the space between us and those objects. You vary any one of those parameters, and you'll change the color of the light that falls onto your eye. This is a huge problem,
Video examples
Where's Google going...
from the government for stuff that we've never had a conversation about. And I don't mean we have to know what the particular terrorist attack is they're worried about protecting us from, but we do need to know what the parameters of it is, what kind of surveillance the government's
Video examples
When is elsewhen? PIPE E...
are we supposed to be here you said three o'clock consensus time has to be expressed in contemporary time units I mean can we just call it like rainy afternoon time what we normalize is the waiting parameter but I don't need to be synchronous everyone all the time if
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
But in the regards to using sustainability as a parameter, as a criteria for fueling systems-based solutions, because as I've just demonstrated with these simple products, they're participating in these major problems. So we need to look across the entire life
Video examples
Chase a Wild Buffalo...
the future if our kids are going to have the same options that we have same liberties we're going to have to figure out how we're going to manage the natural world without the parameters of nature the way it was before we arrived
Video examples
Robots that fly ... and...
is when you scale things down, the robot naturally becomes agile. So here, R is the characteristic length of the robot. It's actually half the diameter. And there are lots of physical parameters that change as you reduce R.
Video examples
The quest to understand...
are, in fact, extremely maintained day after day for one very good reason. If you deviate too much in the parameters that are close to the midline of that life-permitting survival range,
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Free Again PIPE Orangutan...
probably the best feeling in the world they'll spread out they'll find out their own little territories and and settle down and become real parameters
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Eric Metaxas
American Author
The odds against life in the universe are simply astonishing. Yet here we are, not only existing, but talking about existing. What can account for it? Can every one of those many parameters have been perfect by accident? At what point is it fair to admit that science suggests that we cannot be the result of random forces?
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Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
I have a passion for music, and I enjoy the process of expressing myself within the parameters of a pop song, and I don't do it to seek anybody's approval, necessarily. Obviously, you go on stage, and you enjoy it when people respond to a particular song, but the overall concept of playing music I do for myself.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
If we could support school curricula about social class, we might discuss the full complexity of 'wealth' within the parameters of our children's educational lives. Out of these lesson plans, we might talk more about what society values - and whether it rewards the right things.
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Larry Page
American Businessman
We can't have democracy if we're having to protect you and our users from the government over stuff we've never had a conversation about. We need to know what the parameters are, what kind of surveillance the government is going to do, and how and why.
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Marvin Harris
American Scientist
The general proposition is that the resources that will be utilized are the ones that contribute most to the overall efficiency of the production system. The third parameter has to do with our commercial world, our search for profits.
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Shepard Fairey
American Artist
The problem with copyright enforcement is that when the parameters aren't incredibly well defined, it means big corporations, who have deeper pockets and better lawyers, can bully people.
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Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
I believe in equal pay for equal work. Gender, race, skin colour, or ethnicity should not be the parameters to hire someone or to decide how much they should be paid.
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Ron Lewis
American Politician
Today's vote ensures that coal will continue to be an important part of our nation's energy policy, with strong parameters to make it cleaner and more efficient.
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Sonu Sood
Indian Actor
It's challenging to play a real-life character because you know that it existed in the history and you have certain parameters to follow and stay within.
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Jeff Koons
American Artist
I think art teaches us how to feel, what our parameters can be, what sensations can be like; it makes you more engaged with life.
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Eric Metaxas
American Author
The odds against life in the universe are simply astonishing. Yet here we are, not only existing, but talking about existing. What can account for it? Can every one of those many parameters have been perfect by accident? At what point is it fair to admit that science suggests that we cannot be the result of random forces?
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Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
I have a passion for music, and I enjoy the process of expressing myself within the parameters of a pop song, and I don't do it to seek anybody's approval, necessarily. Obviously, you go on stage, and you enjoy it when people respond to a particular song, but the overall concept of playing music I do for myself.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
If we could support school curricula about social class, we might discuss the full complexity of 'wealth' within the parameters of our children's educational lives. Out of these lesson plans, we might talk more about what society values - and whether it rewards the right things.
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Larry Page
American Businessman
We can't have democracy if we're having to protect you and our users from the government over stuff we've never had a conversation about. We need to know what the parameters are, what kind of surveillance the government is going to do, and how and why.
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Marvin Harris
American Scientist
The general proposition is that the resources that will be utilized are the ones that contribute most to the overall efficiency of the production system. The third parameter has to do with our commercial world, our search for profits.
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Shepard Fairey
American Artist
The problem with copyright enforcement is that when the parameters aren't incredibly well defined, it means big corporations, who have deeper pockets and better lawyers, can bully people.
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Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
I believe in equal pay for equal work. Gender, race, skin colour, or ethnicity should not be the parameters to hire someone or to decide how much they should be paid.
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Ron Lewis
American Politician
Today's vote ensures that coal will continue to be an important part of our nation's energy policy, with strong parameters to make it cleaner and more efficient.
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Sonu Sood
Indian Actor
It's challenging to play a real-life character because you know that it existed in the history and you have certain parameters to follow and stay within.
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Jeff Koons
American Artist
I think art teaches us how to feel, what our parameters can be, what sensations can be like; it makes you more engaged with life.
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