Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun degree_of_freedom

2 senses of degree of freedom

Sense 1
degree of freedom -- ((statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution)
       => variable, variable quantity -- (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)

Sense 2
degree of freedom -- (one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system)
       => parameter, parametric quantity -- (a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves)