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

Based on this parameter, you’ll see Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” is missing, but a documentary about the master of monsters himself is included.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

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

There was also a lack of inspection and maintenance of the parameter fencing, and a failure to inspect the manhole at the end of the working day to make sure it was closed.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 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