Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for parameter. Search instead for terameter.
Definitions

parameter

[puh-ram-i-ter] / pəˈræm ɪ tər /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Using measured local wind and ice conditions, along with just one additional parameter that had little effect on the overall outcome, the model successfully reproduced three observations that had previously been difficult to explain.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

Then, pick activities that fit within that parameter.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

In a notice in the Federal Register published Friday, BIS said the rule eliminates wind gust tolerance as a control parameter and removes national security licensing requirements for drones with capabilities lasting under three hours.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

They also note that every parameter in the VLE carries significant uncertainty, much like the Drake Equation.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

Reluctantly, he acquiesced; the test showed that he suffered from elevated levels of serum creatinine with a value way above 1.4, the highest parameter in the normal range.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The document laid out a series of parameters that needed to be met for an area to be defined as under stress, such as the ratio between house prices and incomes there.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

"No matter how sophisticated your controllers, in the end it's a human operator that sets the parameters for that control," Farre Kaga said.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Best of all, the shocker revelation explaining the shivery occurrences is haunting and persuasive—within the wide parameters of the genre, of course.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Next time you offer to buy someone drinks — or anything, really — set the parameters first.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

If Minya had gotten Skathis’s power, she wondered, would she be any different from him, or would she willingly subjugate a whole population, and justify it all within the rigid parameters of justice.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




Vocabulary lists containing parameter


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training