3 days ago · When parameter is used to mean "a boundary or limit," it is usually in its plural form, and often as the object of a preposition such as within or beyond: Let's face it, managing weight loss or …

A parameter (from Ancient Greek παρά (pará) 'beside, subsidiary' and μέτρον (métron) 'measure'), generally, is any characteristic that can help in defining or classifying a particular system (meaning …

PARAMETER definition: 1. a set of facts or a fixed limit that establishes or limits how something can or must happen or…. Learn more.

Parameter and perimeter are similar, but a perimeter is the physical distance around an object, while a parameter can contain or define something either physically or abstractly.

Definition of 'parameter' parameter (pəræmɪtəʳ ) Word forms: parameters countable noun [usually plural]

Parameter, in mathematics, a variable for which the range of possible values identifies a collection of distinct cases in a problem. Any equation expressed in terms of parameters is a parametric equation.

Perhaps because of its ring of technical authority, people have applied parameter more generally in recent years to refer to any factor that determines a range of variations and especially to a factor that …