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parameter /pa·ram·e·ter/ (pah-ram´ĕ-ter)
1. a constant that distinguishes specific cases, having a definite fixed value in one case but different values in other cases.
2. in statistics, a value that specifies one of the members of a family of probability distributions, such as the mean or standard deviation.
3. a variable whose measure is indicative of a quantity or function that cannot itself be directly determined precisely.

pa·ram·e·ter (p-rm-tr)
n.
1. One of a set of measurable factors, such as temperature and pressure, that define a system and determine its behavior and are varied in an experiment.
2. A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary.
3. A statistical quantity, such as a mean or standard deviation of a total population, that is calculated from data and describes a characteristic of the population as opposed to a sample from the population.
4. A psychoanalytic tactic, other than interpretation, used by the analyst to further the patient's progress.
5. A factor that restricts what is possible or what results. Not in technical use.
6. A distinguishing characteristic or feature. Not in technical use.

para·metric (pr-mtrk) adj.

parameter
[pəram′ətər]
Etymology: Gk, para + metron, measure
1 a value or constant used to describe or measure a set of data representing a physiologic function or system, as in the use of acid-base relationships of the blood as parameters for evaluating the function of a patient's respiratory system.
2 a statistical value of a population group.
3 
Usage notes: informal.
limit or boundary.

parameter [pah-ram´ĕ-ter]
1. in a mathematical expression, a constant that distinguishes specific cases, having a definite fixed value in one case but different values in other cases.
2. in statistics, a value that specifies one of the members of a family of probability distributions, such as the mean or the standard deviation.
3. a variable whose measure is indicative of a quantity or function that cannot itself be directly determined precisely.

parameter (pram´tur),
n the values that refer to a population; characteristics of a population. Because a parameter is a value of a hypothetical, infinite, unknown population, it is always an estimate.
Paramyxoviridae
n one of the major ribonucleic acid virus families, to which the measles, mumps, parainfluenza, and respiratory syncytial viruses belong. Viruses in this family have a single-stranded, nonsegmented, linear molecular structure with helical symmetry.

parameter
1. in mathematics and statistics, an arbitrary constant, such as a population mean or standard deviation. It wholly or partly determines a probability distribution.
2. a property of a system that can be measured numerically.

parameter
Cardiac pacing A term quantifying an operational element determining pacemaker behavior–eg, rate, pulse width, A-V interval, refractory period, etc


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