parameter

A value or measurement that varies with circumstances, and is used as a reference to quantify a situation or a process.

A subset of the group of evaluations that constitute each element of an observation.

Parameter 1) A term used loosely by many meteorologists for almost any meteorological quantity or element. 2) An arbitrary constant or variable so appearing in a mathematical expression that changing it gives various cases of the phenomenon represented.

See argument.

See "argument".