parameter

In a sentence

Six example sentences with parameter, each labelled with its topic.

• Changing one parameter in the growth model shifts the whole plotted line without altering its characteristic hooked shape.

  Science

• Raising the smoothing parameter flattens every chart the dashboard draws, which the analysts hated during the first demo.

  Technology

• Economists tune a single parameter to sweep out a whole set of demand lines, then compare each against the data.

  Economics

• Raising the volatility parameter in the pricing model lifts the entire curve of option values without changing its shape.

  Finance

• The gamma parameter bends the tone curve, and a small change lifts every shadow in the image at once.

  Photography

• Changing one parameter in the roof's equation produced a whole family of arches, each slightly flatter than the last.

  Architecture

Found in these word lists

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More Academic words

• inhibit
• briefs
• superficial
• attain
• formatting
• rationality
• unifying
• comprise
• elicit
• thereby
• maximizing
• degrade