a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity |
a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data | an abstract part of something |
(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | an independent variable in statistics |
any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance | anything that contributes causally to a result |
| a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission |
| one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer |
| any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together |