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DEGREE OF FREEDOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("degree of freedom" is a kind of...):
variable; variable quantity (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("degree of freedom" is a kind of...):
parameter; parametric quantity (a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves)
