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Parament
(Par"a*ment) n. [Sp. paramento, from parar to prepare, L. parare.] Ornamental hangings,
furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; — chiefly in the plural.
[Obs.]
Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer. Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.
Paramento
(||Pa`ra*men"to) n. [Sp.] Ornament; decoration. Beau. & Fl.
Paramere
(Par"a*mere) n. [Pref. para- + -mere.] (Zoöl.) One of the symmetrical halves of any one of
the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish.
Parameter
(Pa*ram"e*ter) n. [Pref. para- + -meter: cf. F. paramètre.]
1. (a) (Math.) A term applied to some characteristic magnitude whose value, invariable as long as
one and the same function, curve, surface, etc., is considered, serves to distinguish that function, curve,
surface, etc., from others of the same kind or family. Brande & C. (b) Specifically (Conic Sections), in
the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to
any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.
The parameter of the principal axis of a conic section is called the latus rectum.
2. (Crystallog.) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane; also,
the fundamental axial ratio for a given species.
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