Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 13 compound words that contain parameter. The most common are listed below. Open parameter in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- Parameter space
- actual parameterA value supplied to a method or function, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- named parameterA parameter that is passed by name, rather than by position, in a function call.
- formal parameterAn abstract representation, typically including a name and a type, of a parameter expected to be passed to a method or function.
- time parameterA function used to specify the maximum CPU utilization time permitted for the job to execute.
- nuisance parameterA parameter of the distribution of a population that is not directly relevant to solving the significance test or estimate problem under consideration.
- positional parametera parameter that is passed by position, rather than by name, in a function call
- lattice parameterSynonym of lattice constant (“a constant which describes the geometry of a unit cell in a crystal lattice”).
- passed parameterSynonym of argument (“value or expression passed to a function”).
- rest parameterA final parameter to a function, allowing it to accept an indefinite number of arguments as an array.
- speed parameterspeed divided by the speed of light, symbol β
- Coriolis parameterSynonym of Coriolis frequency: The equationf=2Ω sin φ.,, where Ω is the Earth's rotation rate and φ. is the latitude.
- Sommerfeld parameterA dimensionless quantity, denoted by η, used in nuclear astrophysics in the calculation of reaction rates between two nuclei and in the definition of the astrophysical S-factor.
- Hildebrand solubility parameterA parameter providing a numerical estimate of the degree of interaction between materials, often a good indication of solubility. Symbol δ.
- Hapke parameterAny of a set of parameters for a quasi-experimental model used to describe the directional reflectance properties of the airless regolith surfaces of bodies in the Solar System.
- uniformizing parameterAn element of a discrete valuation ring which generates the unique maximal ideal.
- time parameter spaceA mathematical construct or structure in which a time parameter plays a major role, or the set of possible values for a time parameter.
Compound words 13
- parameterisationAlternative spelling of parametrisation: The act or result of parametrizing: alternative form of parameterization.
- hyperparameterA parameter of a prior (as distinguished from inferred parameters of the model for the underlying system under analysis).
- uniparameterHaving, or defined using a single parameter
- clinicoparameterAny variable parameter in a clinical study
- deparameterizationThe act or process, or an instance, of deparameterizing.
- macroparameterAny relatively large parameter
- metaparameterA parameter that controls the value of one or more others.
- microparameterAny relatively small parameter
- parameteriseAlternative form of parametrise: To describe in terms of parameters.
- subparameterA subdivision of a compound parameter.