Degree of Freedom

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

Framework senses

3 senses across 2 frameworks

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →

§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

Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →

§1 · legacy_primary: one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system
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