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parameter

[puh-ram-i-ter] / pəˈræm ɪ tər /


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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

"In standard quantum mechanics, time is treated as an external, classical parameter that is not affected by the quantum system being studied," explains Curceanu.

From Science Daily May 3, 2026

Bonsai 8B is an 8-billion parameter large language model, trained using Google v4 TPUs.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 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

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

If you’re ever asked to sign a non-compete agreement again, be sure you’re totally comfortable with its parameters.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

It is also surprisingly simple, relying on only a handful of adjustable parameters and a small number of assumptions within the framework of general relativity.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Twenty-five companies, including Nvidia, Microsoft and Palantir, urged Washington not to restrict open-weight artificial-intelligence models—those whose underlying parameters anyone can download, inspect and adapt.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Critics argued that it flew in the face of innocent-before-proven-guilty parameters and that the job of police was to investigate, not adjudicate.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Rowan almost made the mistake of giving the list of parameters to the Thunderhead and asking it for a subject—until he remembered that asking the Thunderhead for assistance was strictly forbidden for scythes.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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