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/dɪgrˈi əv frˈidəm/ Listen

Degree of freedom

noun

(statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution.

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

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"Degree of freedom" Quotes from Famous Books

... at Steyn a fair degree of freedom, some food for an intellect craving for classic antiquity, and friendships with men of the same turn of mind. There were three who especially attracted him. Of the schoolfellow who had induced him to become a monk, we hear ...

— Erasmus and the Age of Reformation • Johan Huizinga

... Romans, though according a greater degree of freedom to woman than had hitherto been granted, were still not only imperfect, but were not properly carried out, in many instances, where it suited venal judges to side with wealthy libertines who might have it in their power ...

— Woman: Man's Equal • Thomas Webster

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