parameter

Then, pick activities that fit within that parameter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 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

“The exchange rate is not a trigger parameter for the ECB.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 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

Instead of a trillion parameters, efficient small language models might use 70 billion and run on an Apple Mac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

"By controlling the parameters of the laser, you can control the characteristics of the plasma filament -- including its length," says Darshni.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The new model lets users download and customise the parameters, or "weights", that determine how it computes to their own servers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Although the model features 501 billion parameters, it only activates 23 billion parameters per query, giving users the advantage of a large, powerful model without the high computing costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

He’d never got around to filling in his sister on the mission parameters.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer