variable_quantity (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *variable quantity*:
NOUN	cognition	variable quantity, variable	a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

English > *variable quantity*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	A quantity that can assume any of a set of values.
Synonym	variable
Narrower	argument	A variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable
	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
	independent variable, experimental variable	(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables
	infinitesimal	(mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit
	predictor variable	A variable that can be used to predict the value of another variable (as in statistical regression)
	random variable, variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable	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
Broader	quantity	The concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
Spanish	variable
Catalan	variable

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