parameter

/pəˈɹæm.ɪ.tə/noun
Middle School
1

A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.

2

A variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof.

3

Any measured quantity of a statistical population that summarises or describes an aspect of the population.

4

A variable of a model that is trained by a machine learning algorithm.

5

An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time.

6

An actual value given to such a formal parameter.

7

A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.

8

In the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.

9

Clipping of uniformizing parameter.

10

The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

Words that share the same ending sound pattern

Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing