parameter
Nouns
- (n) a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves parametric quantity,
- (n) any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance
- (n) (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program argument,
- (n) a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data