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
• Romanian: grad de libertate (ro) n
• 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)
• Indonesian: derajat kebebasan (id)
• Italian: grado di libertà m
• Polish: stopień swobody m
• Russian: сте́пень свобо́ды f (stépenʹ svobódy)
• Turkish: serbestlik derecesi