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parameter

[puh-ram-i-ter] / pəˈræm ɪ tər /


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Then, pick activities that fit within that parameter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

"The yarn selection and machine parameter choices allowed us to basically select a fabric that is going to be as snappy as we can possibly get," Mahadevan said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

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

Hugging Face is a leading platform for accessing open-weight AI, meaning the underlying numerical parameters can be downloaded and tweaked by users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“It was a way for people to make things outside of the institutional parameters that the Soviet Union was imposing on people, and distribute it themselves too, often in secret.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

But perhaps he has some fixed expenses that you could cover for a set period of time so the parameters of the gift are set.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

By adjusting different parameters, users can watch network components interact, synchronize and form organized patterns.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

I had to find an approach, figure out if we could land there, figure out the performance parameters, and tell the company what we were doing.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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