Definition of variable quantity Variable quantity
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What does variable quantity mean?
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| variable quantity - a quantity that can assume any of a set of values | ||
| variable | ||
| quantity an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition" | ||
| argument a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable | ||
| experimental variable, independent variable (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables | ||
| correlate, correlative either of two or more related or complementary variables | ||
| degree of freedom (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution | ||
| dependent variable (statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable; "if f(x)=y, y is the dependent variable" | ||
| predictor variable a variable that can be used to predict the value of another variable (as in statistical regression) | ||
| infinitesimal (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit | ||
| chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variate, variant a variable quantity that is random | ||
| scalar a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components | ||
| tensor any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm | ||
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