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degree_of_freedom

degree of freedom

English

Noun

degree of freedom ‎(plural degrees of freedom)

(physics) Any of the coordinates, a minimum number of which are needed to specify the motion of a mechanical system
(physics) Any of the independent variables required to specify the thermodynamic state of a system containing components and phases
(mathematics) Any unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution

Translations

minimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system

Bulgarian: сте́пен на свобо́да f ‎(stépen na svobóda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自由度 (zh) ‎(zìyóudù)
Czech: stupeň volnosti m
French: degré de liberté (fr) m
German: Freiheitsgrad m

Hungarian: szabadsági fok (hu)
Italian: grado di libertà m
Japanese: 自由度 ‎(じゆうど, jiyūdo)
Polish: stopień swobody m
Russian: сте́пень свобо́ды f ‎(stépenʹ svobódy)
Swedish: frihetsgrad c

independent variable required to specify the thermodynamic state

Hungarian: szabadsági fok (hu)
Italian: grado di libertà m
Polish: stopień swobody m

Russian: сте́пень свобо́ды f ‎(stépenʹ svobódy)
Swedish: frihetsgrad c

mathematics: unrestricted variable

Czech: stupeň volnosti m
Hungarian: szabadsági fok (hu)
Italian: grado di libertà m

Polish: stopień swobody m
Russian: сте́пень свобо́ды f ‎(stépenʹ svobódy)
Turkish: serbestlik derecesi

Synonyms

d.o.f. , DoF , df