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A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
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A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
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A process of reasoning.
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A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
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The independent variable of a function.
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The phase of a complex number.
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A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.
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Parameters are like labeled fillable blanks used to define a function whereas arguments are passed to a function when calling it, filling in those blanks.
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A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
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Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
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The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.
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The altitude is the argument of the refraction.
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The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
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Matter for question; business in hand.