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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

"Acceleration is not merely a kinematic detail -- it may act as a thermodynamic control parameter of QCD matter," explains Professor Huang.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 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

By the yardstick of its own goals, the nation’s second-largest school system is likely to fall short by nearly every parameter — taking in sample measures of literacy, math and social emotional learning.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 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

"No matter how sophisticated your controllers, in the end it's a human operator that sets the parameters for that control," Farre Kaga said.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Tencent released its Hy4 preview on Friday, more than doubling the previous generation’s parameters, although still smaller than those by peers such as Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Max and Moonshot’s Kimi K3.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

The sound of the band is an anomaly, even within the obscure parameters of underground Latin.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

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

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

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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