parameter

Other forms of parameter

plural

parameters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parameter

What does parameter mean?

parameter means "a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parameter?

parameter has 4 syllables: pa-ram-e-ter. The stress falls on "ram". In IPA it is /pɚˈæmətɚ/.

What is another word for parameter?

Close synonyms include parametric quantity, argument. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parameter a common word?

parameter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with parameter?

1 word rhymes with parameter. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.