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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Mathematics A variable whose value determines the value of other variables.
- noun Statistics A manipulated variable in an experiment or study whose presence or degree determines the change in the dependent variable.
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- noun algebra In an
equation , any variable whose value is not dependent on any other in the equation. - noun sciences The variable that is changed or manipulated in a series of
experiments .
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- noun (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables
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