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TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
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ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of parameter

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  parameter
      n 1: a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to
           yield a family of similar curves [syn: {parameter},
           {parametric quantity}]
      2: any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits)
         its performance
      3: (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a
         function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program [syn:
         {argument}, {parameter}]
      4: a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes
         a statistical population and that can be estimated by
         calculations from sample data

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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