DEGREE OF FREEDOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does degree of freedom mean? 

• DEGREE OF FREEDOM (noun)
  The noun DEGREE OF FREEDOM has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: DEGREE OF FREEDOM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEGREE OF FREEDOM (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)