parameter vs prescription

parameter

noun
  • An actual value given to such a formal parameter. 

  • An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time. 

  • The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane. 

  • A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others. 

  • A variable that describes some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof. 

  • The fundamental axial ratio for a given species. 

  • A variable of a model that is trained by a machine learning algorithm. 

  • A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc. 

  • Any measured quantity of a statistical population that summarises or describes an aspect of the population. 

  • 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. 

prescription

noun
  • The act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use; an instance of this. 

  • A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses. 

  • An established time period after which a person who has uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly used another's property acquires full ownership of it. 

  • Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this. 

  • An established time period within which a right must be exercised and after which it is null and permanently unenforceable. 

  • Any plan of treatment or planned treatment. 

  • The medicine or treatment provided by such an order. 

adj
  • only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription 

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