degree of freedom
noun phraseDefinition of degree of freedom
1 : any of a limited number of ways in which a body may move or in which a dynamic system may change
2 : one of the capabilities of a statistic for variation of which there are as many as the number of unrestricted and independent variables determining its value
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The first known use of degree of freedom was in 1867
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