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degree of freedom

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables
de-gree of free-dom
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Any of the independent variables required to specify the thermodynamic state of a system containing components and phases.

noun

Any unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution.

Inflected Forms

degrees of freedom (plural)

Synonyms

d.o.f. DoF df

Questions

What does degree of freedom mean?
Any of the coordinates, a minimum number of which are needed to specify the motion of a mechanical system.

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