How to pronounce parameter

Say it like this: /pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚ/

What does parameter mean?

nounA value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.

A variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof.

“To this end, we derive an a posteriori error estimator for the error with respect to the unknown parameter.”

Any measured quantity of a statistical population that summarises or describes an aspect of the population.

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