MEANING
To describe a model or system in terms of quantities that can be assigned values.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- parameterize a model
- parameterize a curve
On the page
The team parameterized the model using regional rainfall estimates.
Word forms
- Base
- parameterize
- Past tense
- parameterized
- Past participle
- parameterized
- Present participle
- parameterizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- parameterize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are parameterizing
- Present perfect
- have/has parameterized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been parameterizing
- Past
- parameterized
- Past continuous
- was/were parameterizing
- Past perfect
- had parameterized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been parameterizing
- Future
- will parameterize
- Future continuous
- will be parameterizing
- Future perfect
- will have parameterized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been parameterizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: parameterize; parameterizes; parameterized; parameterized; parameterizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: parameterizes.
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