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Noun: hyperparameter
  1. (statistics) a parameter describing the distribution of another parameter or parameters
    "there are two hyperparameters determining the mean and variance of the prior"
     
  2. (machine learning) a parameter that is set before learning
    "the learning rate is a hyperparameter"

Derived forms: hyperparameters

Encyclopedia: Hyperparameter