| slovo | definícia |
dependent variable
(encz) | dependent variable, n: |
Dependent variable
(gcide) | Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
[1913 Webster]
2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
independent. [Narrower terms: {interdependent,
mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical,
leechlike, bloodsucking}; subordinate; underage;
myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree.
[1913 Webster]
England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
unconditional.
Syn: qualified.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
[WordNet 1.5]
Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not
binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
independent variable.
[1913 Webster] |
dependent variable
(wn) | dependent variable
n 1: (statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical
expression whose value depends on the independent variable;
"if f(x)=y, y is the dependent variable" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
independent variable
(encz) | independent variable, n: |
Dependent variable
(gcide) | Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
[1913 Webster]
2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
independent. [Narrower terms: {interdependent,
mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical,
leechlike, bloodsucking}; subordinate; underage;
myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree.
[1913 Webster]
England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
unconditional.
Syn: qualified.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
[WordNet 1.5]
Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not
binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
independent variable.
[1913 Webster] |
Independent variable
(gcide) | Independent \In`de*pend"ent\, a. [Pref. in- not + dependent: cf.
F. ind['e]pendant.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not
relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly
independent.
[1913 Webster]
A dry, but independent crust. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent
property.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious;
self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
[1913 Webster]
4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence;
free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or
manner.
[1913 Webster]
5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
[1913 Webster]
That obligation in general, under which we conceive
ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those
resources which the law provides for its own
enforcement. --R. P. Ward.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the
doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to
value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or
functions.
[1913 Webster]
8. (U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free
choice in voting with either or any party.
[1913 Webster]
Independent company (Mil.), one not incorporated in any
regiment.
Independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second
hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc.,
for timing to a fraction of a second.
Independent variable. (Math.) See Dependent variable,
under Dependent.
Syn: Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant;
bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.
[1913 Webster]Variable \Va"ri*a*ble\, n.
1. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject
to change.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Math.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a
quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in
the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the
equation x^2 - y^2 = R^2, x and y are variables.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Naut.)
(a) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
(b) pl. Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not
expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind
belts.
[1913 Webster]
Independent variable (Math.), that one of two or more
variables, connected with each other in any way whatever,
to which changes are supposed to be given at will. Thus,
in the equation x^2 - y^2 = R^2, if arbitrary
changes are supposed to be given to x, then x is the
independent variable, and y is called a function of x.
There may be two or more independent variables in an
equation or problem. Cf. Dependent variable, under
Dependent.
[1913 Webster] |
independent variable
(wn) | independent variable
n 1: (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of
changes in the values of other variables [syn: {independent
variable}, experimental variable] |
|