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parametrization

parametrization

1 8.8
The process of describing something like a curve by using numbers
  • noun
  • /ˌpærəˌmɛtrɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: parametrización
  • The team focused on the parametrization of various environmental factors to better predict climate change.

Examples

  • Uncertainties associated with the parametrization of models are commonly addressed by sensitivity analysis, and these are ongoing for each major carbon model.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Restricting consideration to a small set of models with a fixed parametrization is woefully inadequate.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The identification and means for determining a predictive parametrization for the dynamics of liquids spreading on solids in the presence of surfactants are presented.

    Blog text (15)

  • For the case where a temporal sequence of meshes is available, Bolkart and Wuhrer (2015) fit a multilinear model and estimate a 4D sequence parametrization.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The researcher worked on the parametrization of the mathematical model to improve its accuracy.

  • In physics, the parametrization of a curve can help simplify complex calculations.

Synonyms

parameterization
vsparametrization
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A way of using simple numbers to show how a model behaves

is the same process but uses a different spelling in some varieties

Surface Forms

parametrization singular
parametrizations plural

Morphology

parametrization = parameterize (transparent) = parameter + ize + ation

Formed by verbing 'parameter' with '-ize' and then nominalizing with '-ation', a regular and predictable derivation.

Etymology

Parametrization comes from parameter and the ending -ization, and parameter itself comes from Greek parts para- 'beside' and metron 'measure'. So, parametrization is the act of describing something by a few 'measures', called 'parameters', which explains why it means 'to show or describe something using parameters' in math and science.