parameter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves
Types & categories
- constant hypernym
- degree of freedom hyponym
Related & opposite
- parametric derivation
Sense 2 noun
any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance
Types & categories
- factor hypernym
Sense 3 noun
(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- computing domain topic
Sense 4 noun
a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data
Types & categories
- quantity hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parametric |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | constant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | degree of freedom |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | factor |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | value |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | address |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | quantity |