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Word: parameter (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others
  • mathematics|physics A variable kept constant during an experiment, calculation or similar.
  • programming A name in a function or subroutine definition that is replaced by, or bound to, the corresponding actual argument when the function or subroutine is called.
  • programming The value which is passed into the function to instantiate such a name; the argument.

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