independent variable
Noun
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Noun
independent variable (plural independent variables)
- (algebra) In an equation, any variable whose value is not dependent on any other in the equation.
- In the equation z = x2 + y, x and y are the independent variables.
- (science) The variable that is changed or manipulated in a series of experiments.
- French: variable indépendante
- German: unabhängige Variable
- Italian: variabile indipendente
- Portuguese: variável independente
- Russian: независимая переме́нная
- Spanish: variable independiente
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