parameter vs regulation

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. 

regulation

noun
  • A numbered provision within such kind of law. 

  • The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated. 

  • A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so. 

  • Mechanism controlling DNA transcription. 

  • A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization. 

  • A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law. 

  • Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis. 

adj
  • In conformity with applicable rules and regulations. 

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