degree of freedom

degree of freedom

English

Noun

degree of freedom (plural degrees of freedom)

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

Synonyms

• d.o.f., DoF, df

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 Finnish: vapausaste (fi) French: degré de liberté (fr) m German: Freiheitsgrad (de) 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 Vietnamese: bậc tự do

independent variable required to specify the thermodynamic state

Finnish: vapausaste (fi) 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 Finnish: vapausaste (fi) Hungarian: szabadsági fok (hu) Italian: grado di libertà m

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