parameter

Example Sentences

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“The exchange rate is not a trigger parameter for the ECB.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

In this model, a parameter known as α emerges when the coupling constants -- the quantities describing the strength of fundamental forces -- are allowed to evolve.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2025

"We're now getting social influencers turning up and that gives you a whole different parameter than what you used to have with maybe one or two news outlets and radio stations."

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

But this could change when the parameter for riding a bus is safety.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

So they use parameter to mean a boundary, a characteristic, a component, an element, a feature, an ingredient, a part, a perimeter, a quality, or a requirement.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner