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Independent variable

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables wordnet
  3. 3
    The variable that is changed or manipulated in a series of experiments.

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