degree of freedom
Chem., Mech., etc. (as, capacity of variation possessed by a system by reason of variability of one of its factors as temperature, pressure, etc.) मुक्तेतेची कोटि, मुक्तता कोटि (as in : particle…. has two degrees of freedom …. कणाची मुक्तता कोटी दोन इतकी असते)