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independent variables

independent variables is the plural of independent variable.

Meaning of independent variable

Noun

independent variable (plural independent variables)

  1. 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. The variable that is changed or manipulated in a series of experiments.

Questions about independent variables

What is independent variables the plural of?
Independent variables is the plural of independent variable.

Words near independent variables in the dictionary

  1. independent sets
  2. Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  3. Independent State of Samoa
  4. independent study
  5. independent variable
  6. independent variables
  7. independentise
  8. independentised
  9. independentises
  10. independentising
  11. independentism

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