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parameternounA value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
constantUnchanged through time or space; permanent.
cardinal variablenounA variable whose values are ordered, that can be multiplied by a scalar, and for which the magnitude of differences in values is meaningful.
indexnounAn alphabetical listing of items and their location.
continuous variablenoun(statistics) A variable that has a continuous distribution function, such as temperature.
predictor variablenoun(mathematics) An independent variable that may be used to predict the value of another, especially in statistical regression
covariatenoun(statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
dependent variablenoun(sciences) An outcome measured to see the effectiveness of the treatment.
timecoursenoun(sciences) The variation of a quantity over time.
variablenoun(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
knownverbAccepted, familiar, researched.
factorial experimentnounAn experiment in which all combinations of multiple parameters or variables are each tested
variatenoun(statistics) Random variable.
outcome variablenoun(mathematics) A dependent variable thought to change as a function of changes in a predictor variable.
correction factornounA factor that is multiplied with the result of an equation to correct for a known amount of systematic error.
subjectnounThe main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
independent variablenoun(sciences) The variable that is changed or manipulated in a series of experiments.
slack variablenoun(mathematics) In an optimization problem, a variable added to an inequality constraint to transform it into an equality.
cluster variablenoun(cluster analysis) A variable whose values are used to classify data points into clusters; a variable that identifies one of the defining properties of clusters.
subvariablenounA subset of a variable

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