parameters
USpuh-RAM-uh-turz/pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚz/UKpuh-RAM-i-tuhz/pəˈɹæm.ɪ.təz/
- 1Plural of parameter.
The committee agreed on the parameters of the investigation before any work began.
Adjusting these parameters changed how the simulation behaved over time.
Note
A regular plural, and an often-needed one, because a system, model or function seldom has just one. In programming the word needs care: the parameters are the named inputs in a function's definition, while the values supplied when it runs are its arguments. More loosely, parameters can mean those supplied values too. In machine learning, the parameters are the quantities that training adjusts.
parameters is a form of parameter
parameter, noun: A characteristic or feature that sets something apart from others. Full entry
- Forms
- parameterparameters plural
- Spelling
- parameter → parameters: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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