parameter in Portuguese

parameter in Portuguese

What does "parameter" mean?

1. noun A number or value that stays fixed while you work through one version of a calculation or experiment, but can be different in another version.
   "On the other hand, if we have suitable data, we may be able to develop some direct computational methods for the essentially nonlinear parameter identification problems, in which fewer or even no nonlinear processes are involved."
2. noun A variable that shows some property or feature of a system, such as a material, object or event.
   "Fundamental is the regulation of a for-profit OpenAI. The company initially delayed the launch of its earlier GPT-2, with a mere 1.5bn parameters, because the company fretted over its implications."
3. noun In statistics, a number that sums up or describes a feature of a whole population.
   "The average height of all adults in a country is a population parameter."
4. noun In machine learning, a value inside a model that the training process adjusts.
   "During training, the model updates millions of parameters to reduce its mistakes."

parameter in a sentence

• On the other hand, if we have suitable data, we may be able to develop some direct computational methods for the essentially nonlinear parameter identification problems, in which fewer or even no nonlinear processes are involved.
• In this experiment the temperature is a fixed parameter, while the pressure changes between runs.
• Fundamental is the regulation of a for-profit OpenAI. The company initially delayed the launch of its earlier GPT-2, with a mere 1.5bn parameters, because the company fretted over its implications.
• Hardness is one important parameter when choosing a metal for building tools.

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