independent variable

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Noun

independent variable (plural independent variables)

1. (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.

2. (sciences) The variable that is changed in a series of experiments.

Translations

independent variable

Czech: nezávislá proměnná (cs) f. Finnish: riippumaton muuttuja (fi) French: variable indépendante (fr) f. German: unabhängige Variable (de) f. Hungarian: független változó (hu) Italian: variabile indipendente (it) f.

Portuguese: variável independente (pt) Romanian: variabilă independentă (ro) f. Russian: независимая переменная (ru) Slovene: neodvisna spremenljivka (sl) f. Spanish: variable independiente (es) f. Swedish: oberoende variabel (sv) c.

See also

• dependent variable