What does degrees of freedom mean???

each of a number of independently variable factors affecting the range of states in which a system may exist, in particular any of the directions in which independent motion can occur.

CHEMISTRY

each of a number of independent factors required to specify a system at equilibrium.

STATISTICS

the number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution

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a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”