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Degree of freedom Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Degree of freedom has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution

2

one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system

3

Any of the coordinates, a minimum number of which are needed to specify the motion of a mechanical system.

See Also
degrees of freedom frequency distribution multivariant independent df gimbal lock hyperentangled coordinate
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
variable parameter
Rhyming Words
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