variable quantity
Noun
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A quantity that can assume any of a set of values (synset 105866043)
is a type of: quantity - the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variablesubtypes:
- 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
- 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, variant, variate - a variable quantity that is random
- scalar - a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components
- tensor - a generalization of the concept of a vector
- vector - a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
same as: variable
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