PARAMETERS

Noun

parameters

plural of parameter

Source: Wiktionary

PARAMETER

Pa*ram"e*ter, n. Etym: [Pref. para- + -meter: cf. F. paramètre.]

1. (a) (Math.) A term applied to some characteristic magnitude whose value, invariable as long as one and the same function, curve, surface, etc., is considered, serves to distinguish that function, curve, surface, etc., from others of the same kind or family. Brande & C. (b) Specifically (Conic Sections), 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.

Note: The parameter of the principal axis of a conic section is called the latus rectum.

2. (Crystallog.)

Definition: The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane; also, the fundamental axial ratio for a given species.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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