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What is the noun for parameter?

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parameter
  1. A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
  2. (sciences) a variable that describes some system (material, object, event etc.) or some aspect thereof
  3. (programming) An input variable of a procedure definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time (formal parameter).
  4. (programming) An actual value given to such a formal parameter (argument or actual parameter).
  5. A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.
  6. (geometry) 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.
  7. (crystallography) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane.
  8. (crystallography) The fundamental axial ratio for a given species.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “One of the main benefits of a home birth is the amount of control a mother can exercise over the location and parameters of the birthing process.”
      “The fold function takes an integer parameter and a lambda expression.”
      “The parameter was identical within each tree, but it differed from one tree to another.”
parametricism
  1. An avant-garde, computer-aided style of architecture and urban planning in which (the functions of) spaces are considered parametrically variable (dynamic) rather than static.
parameterization
  1. (computing) The representation of physical effects by simplified parameters in a computer model rather than by computing them dynamically
  2. Examples:
    1. “This interactive program detects electrodermal responses and performs a parameterization.”
      “We used a parameterization process to reduce these parameters to 36 independent ones.”
      “Materials Explorer has a library of potentials for parameterization for wide range of interatomic interactions.”
parametrisation
  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of parametrization
parameterisation
  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of parametrisation
parametricity
  1. The quality or state of being parametric.
parametrization
  1. The act or result of parametrizing
  2. Examples:
    1. “It is conceivable that a more refined and precise way of parametrization could have led to a totally different result.”
      “By parametrization, the settings chosen for the input mode and the input filter of the main valve battery can be changed.”
      “Proper parametrization and calibration of the model are critical for accurately reproducing experimental results.”
parameterisations
  1. plural of parameterisation
parameterizations
  1. plural of parameterization
parametrisations
  1. plural of parametrisation
parametrizations
  1. plural of parametrization
parameters
  1. plural of parameter
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There could be Christmas bonuses only if the set income parameters were exceeded.”
      “The tool accepts both inch and metric data, and computes parameters such as torque.”
      “Safety and tolerability were good, with no drug-related adverse events or changes in clinical or laboratory parameters.”
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