parameter
English
Noun
(en noun)
(mathematics, physics) A variable kept constant during an experiment, calculation or similar.
(programming) An input variable of a procedure definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time (formal parameter) .
- Roughly, a tuple of arguments could be thought of as a vector, whereas a tuple of parameters”’ could be thought of as a covector (i.e., linear functional). When a function is called, a ”’parameter tuple becomes “bound” to an argument tuple, allowing the function instance itself to be computed to yield a return value. This would be roughly analogous to applying a covector to a vector (by taking their dot product (or, rather, matrix-product of row vector and column vector)) to obtain a scalar.
(programming) An actual value given to such a formal parameter (argument or actual parameter) .
A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.
(geometry) In the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.
- The parameter of the principal axis of a conic section is called the latus rectum.
(crystallography) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane.
(crystallography) The fundamental axial ratio for a given species.
Usage notes
* (the value used to instantiate the name) Some authors regard use of parameter” to mean ”argument” as imprecise, preferring that ”parameter” refers only to the name that will be instantiated, and ”argument to refer to the value that will be supplied to it at runtime.
Synonyms
* (value passed to a function) argument
* (characteristic distinguishing something from others) distinguishing feature
* See also
Derived terms
* actual parameter
* formal parameter
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property
English
Noun
Something that is owned.
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*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings
, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.}}
A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
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Real estate; the business of selling houses.
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The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
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* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance
, passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
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* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston , magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine
, passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo”, meaning ”vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}
(label) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or the value of such a parameter.
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An object used in a dramatic production.
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(label) Propriety; correctness.
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Synonyms
* (something owned) belongings, owndom, possession
* (piece of real estate) land, parcel
* (attribute or abstract quality of an object) attribute, feature, owndom
* (object used in a dramatic production) prop
* See also
* See also
Derived terms
* abandoned property
* accidental property
* bound property
* chemical property
* country property
* essential property
* hot property
* intellectual property
* lost property
* man of property
* mechanical property
* metaproperty
* mislaid property
* personal property
* physical property
* private property
* prop
* propertied
* property file
* property ladder
* property law
* property line
* property man
* property master
* property owner
* property porn
* property rights
* property tax
* propertyless
* public property
* qualified property
* real property
Verb
(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
- (Shakespeare)
(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
* Shakespeare
- They have here propertied me.
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