different between parameter vs meter

English

Alternative forms

• parametre

Etymology

From French paramètre, from New Latin parametrum (“parameter”), from Ancient Greek ???? (pará, “beside”) + ?????? (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???æm.?.t?/

Noun

parameter (plural parameters)

1. A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
2. (sciences) a variable that describes some system (material, object, event etc.) or some aspect thereof
   • 2007, Charles M. Hansen, Hansen Solubility Parameters: A User's Handbook, Second Edition, CRC Press ?ISBN, page 113

     Cohesion parameters (solubility parameters) can be used with full theoretical justification to characterize many surfaces ...

   • 2012, Wolfgang Desch, Franz Kappel, Karl Kunisch, Control and Estimation of Distributed Parameter Systems: International Conference in Maria Trost (Austria), July 15–21, 2001, Birkhäuser ?ISBN, page 41

     To this end, we derive an a posteriori error estimator for the error with respect to the unknown parameter.

   • 2012, Michael Lemmon, Competitively Inhibited Neural Networks for Adaptive Parameter Estimation, Springer Science & Business Media ?ISBN, page 74

     The parameter estimation problem considered in this chapter consists of estimating the unknown parameter, ? [a barred v, actually], given N samples of the observation process.

3. (programming) An input variable of a procedure definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time (formal parameter).

   Roughly, a tuple of arguments could be thought of as a vector, whereas a tuple of parameters could be thought of as a covector (i.e., linear functional). When a function is called, a parameter tuple becomes "bound" to an argument tuple, allowing the function instance itself to be computed to yield a return value. This would be roughly analogous to applying a covector to a vector (by taking their dot product (or, rather, matrix-product of row vector and column vector)) to obtain a scalar.

4. (programming) An actual value given to such a formal parameter (argument or actual parameter).
5. A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.
6. (geometry) In the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.

   The parameter of the principal axis of a conic section is called the latus rectum.

7. (crystallography) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane.
8. (crystallography) The fundamental axial ratio for a given species.

Usage notes

• (the value used to instantiate the name): Some authors regard use of parameter to mean argument as imprecise, preferring that parameter refers only to the name that will be instantiated, and argument to refer to the value that will be supplied to it at runtime.

Synonyms

• (value passed to a function): argument
• (characteristic distinguishing something from others): distinguishing feature
• See also Thesaurus:characteristic

Derived terms

• actual parameter
• formal parameter

Related terms

• parametric
• parametrise, parametrize

Translations

See also

• variable

Further reading

• parameter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• parameter in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parameter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa??ra?m?t?r/, /?pa?ra??me?t?r/, /pa??ra??me?t?r/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra?me?ter

Noun

parameter m (plural parameters, diminutive parametertje n)

1. a parameter

Derived terms

• parametervoorstelling
• parametrisch

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From para- +? meter

Noun

parameter m (definite singular parameteren, indefinite plural parametere or parametre or parametrer, definite plural parameterne or parametrene)

1. a parameter

References

• “parameter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From para- +? meter

Noun

parameter m (definite singular parameteren, indefinite plural parameterar or parametrar, definite plural parameterane or parametrane)

1. a parameter

References

• “parameter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

parameter c

1. a parameter

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• metre (Commonwealth English for noun senses 4 to 7, rare for other senses)

Etymology

Borrowed from French mètre, from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron, “measure”). Doublet of metron.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mit??/, [?mi??]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mi?t?/
• Rhymes: -i?t?(r)

Noun

meter (plural meters)

1. (always meter) A device that measures things.
2. (always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.

   gas meter (also falls under sense 1)

3. (always meter) (dated) One who metes or measures.

4. (chiefly American spelling, elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
5. (chiefly American spelling, elsewhere metre) (music) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
6. (chiefly American spelling, elsewhere metre, prosody) The rhythm pattern in a poem.
7. (chiefly American spelling, elsewhere metre) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
8. (obsolete) A poem.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Robynson (More's Utopia) to this entry?)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

meter (third-person singular simple present meters, present participle metering, simple past and past participle metered)

1. To measure with a metering device.
2. To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
3. To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).

Translations

Anagrams

• -metre, -treme, Emert, metre, remet, retem

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt?.

Verb

meter

1. to put

Danish

Noun

meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter)

1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of measurement)

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “meter” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?t?r/
• Hyphenation: me?ter
• Rhymes: -e?t?r

Etymology 1

From meten +? -er.

Noun

meter m (plural meters, diminutive metertje n)

1. measurer (person who measures something)
2. meter (device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mètre.

Noun

meter m (plural meters, diminutive metertje n)

1. meter, metre (unit of distance)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: meter
• ? Indonesian: meter

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matr?na.

Noun

meter f (plural meters, diminutive metertje n, masculine peter)

1. godmother

   Synonyms: peettante, petemoei

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese meter, from Latin mitt?, mitt?re (“to send, put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth?-, *mith?- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?te?/

Verb

meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metín, past participle metido)

1. (transitive) to put
2. (transitive) to insert
3. (transitive) to bring in
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to meddle, interfere
5. (transitive) to deliver

Conjugation

References

• “meter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “meter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “meter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “meter” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?.t?r]
• Hyphenation: mè?têr

Etymology 1

• From Dutch meter, meten, from Middle Dutch m?ten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan?, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).
• From Dutch meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron, “measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh?- (“to measure”).

Doublet of metrum.

Noun

mètêr (first-person possessive meterku, second-person possessive metermu, third-person possessive meternya)

1. meter, a device that measures things.
2. meter, metre, the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch meter, from Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matr?na.

Noun

mètêr (first-person possessive meterku, second-person possessive metermu, third-person possessive meternya)

1. godmother.

Further reading

• “meter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (m?trá).

Noun

meter ?

1. urine

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) , “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx?^[1], pages 13-36

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt?.

Verb

meter

1. to put, place

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?me?.ter/, [?me?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?me.ter/, [?m??t??r]

Verb

m?ter

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of m?tor

Mòcheno

Etymology

From French mètre, from Latin metrum (“a measure”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (métron).

Noun

meter m (plural meter)

1. meter (unit of measure)

References

• “meter” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

meter m (definite singular meteren, indefinite plural meter, definite plural meterne)

1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

meter m (definite singular meteren, indefinite plural meter, definite plural meterane or metrane)

1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• metter (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese meter, from Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mitt? (“I send, I put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth?-, *mith?- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.te(?)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /m??te?/
• Hyphenation: me?ter

Verb

meter (first-person singular present indicative meto, past participle metido)

1. (transitive) to put
2. (transitive) to insert
3. (reflexive) to meddle, interfere
4. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck, screw
5. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of meter
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of meter
7. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of meter
8. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of meter

Conjugation

Related terms

• cometer
• prometer

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:meter.

Further reading

• “meter” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “meter” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “meter” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “meter” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “meter” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?meter]

Noun

meter m

1. meter, metre (unit of length)

Further reading

• meter in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Noun

meter m

1. meter, metre (unit of length)

Further reading

• “meter”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish meter, from Latin mitt? (“to send, to put”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *mey-th?- (“to exchange, remove”). Cognate with English mess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?te?/, [me?t?e?]

Verb

meter (first-person singular present meto, first-person singular preterite metí, past participle metido)

1. to put in, insert
2. (sports) to score

3. to make (noise)
4. to cram, to stuff, to stick, to shove
5. (reflexive) to meddle, interfere, to get into

   Synonyms: inmiscuirse, meter la nariz

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?t?r/

Noun

meter c

1. a metre; the SI-unit
2. (music) Rhythm or measure in verse
3. a meter; a device that measures things.

Usage notes

Indefinite form plural could also be metrar/metrars

Declension

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Noun

meter

1. meter

Declension