dependent variable

Noun
  1. (statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable (synset 105867283)
    "if f(x)=y, y is the dependent variable"
    referred to in: statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
    is a type of: variable, variable quantity - a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

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