<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Mathematics: a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f(x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f(x).</li><li>one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.</li><li>Statistics: a variable entering into the mathematical form of any distribution such that the possible values of the variable correspond to different distributions.</li><li>Computers: a variable that must be given a specific value during the execution of a program or of a procedure within a program.</li><li>Usually parameters.</li><li>limits or boundaries; guidelines: the basic parameters of our foreign policy.</li><li>characteristic or factor; aspect; element: a useful parameter for judging long-term success.</li></ul>