English noun: degree of freedom | |||
1. | degree of freedom (cognition) (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution | ||
Broader (hypernym) | variable, variable quantity | ||
Domain category | statistics | ||
2. | degree of freedom (cognition) one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system | ||
Broader (hypernym) | parameter, parametric quantity | ||