parameter
nounHow many syllables in parameter?
There are 4 syllables in the word parameter.How to pronounce parameter:
Definition of parameter:
- parameter (noun):
- any limiting factor
- a quantity (such as a mean or variance) that describes a statistical population
- a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves.
- an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
Synonyms for parameter:
argument
constant
constant quantity
criterion
framework
guideline
invariable
limit
limitation
parametric quantity
restriction
specification
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- palladium
- ovulation
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- overgrazing
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- otherworldly
- osteosis
- ossiferous
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- orology
- orologist
- ornithopter
- origami
- orientative
- orientation
- orientated
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- organizate
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- ordinances
- ordalium
- orchestrating
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- oratoric
- orational
- oralogy
- oquendo
- optologist
- optionor
- optimeter
- opportunist
- opponency
- oppenheimer
- opinator
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- operative
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