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

This parameter controls how predictable or adventurous the generated responses are.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 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

"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

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