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   degree of freedom

   noun

   • 1. each of a number of independently variable factors affecting the range of states in which a system may exist, in particular any of the directions in which independent motion can occur.
   • ▪ each of a number of independent factors required to specify a system at equilibrium.
   • ▪ the number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution.

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