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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 millimeter and submillimeter radio bands remain almost completely unexplored for SETI, so this is really about opening up a new area of parameter space to search."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

They also demonstrated that interference between the bright and dark modes could be handled as a single integrated design parameter.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

The company said it is also releasing 1-bit Bonsai 4 billion parameter and 1.7 billion parameter models, with 0.5 gigabytes and 0.24 gigabytes memory footprints, and even higher intelligence density.

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

Yet all of these areas have still underperformed the S&P, according to our parameters, with an average annual return of 7.57%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

“I think that becoming more experienced with that and trying to work within those parameters to experience the fulfillment of what that particular craft offers,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

"AI and social media obviously wasn't a thing when I signed my contract 20 years ago so I'm still trying to understand exactly what those parameters are."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

"And we wanted to optimize all these parameters to support live muscle cells."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Adams presidency, in fact, might be the classic example of the historical truism that inherited circumstances define the parameters within which presidential leadership takes shape, that history shapes presidents, rather than vice versa.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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