# degree of freedom

> (of mechanical system) number of independent parameters that define its configuration; number of parameters that determine the state of a physical system and is important to the analysis of systems of bodies

**Wikidata**: [Q2480745](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2480745)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrees_of_freedom_(mechanics))  
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