ALL meanings of degrees of freedom
de·gree of free·dom
D d - noun degrees of freedom the number of independent variables entering into a statistical measure or frequency distribution 3
- noun Definition of degrees of freedom in Technology (robotics) The number of independent parameters required to specify the position and orientation of an object. Often used to classify robot arms. For example, an arm with six degrees of freedom could reach any position close enough and could orient it's end effector (grip or tool etc.) at any angle about the three perpendicular axes. 1
- noun degrees of freedom plural of degree of freedom. 0