dependent variable

English

Noun

dependent variable (plural dependent variables)

1. (algebra) In an equation, the variable whose value depends on one or more variables in the equation.

   In the equation z = x² + y, z is the dependent variable.

2. (sciences) An outcome measured to see the effectiveness of the treatment.

Coordinate terms

• control variable
• independent variable

Translations

in algebra

• Catalan: variable dependent f
• Czech: závislá proměnná f
• Finnish: riippuva muuttuja (fi)
• French: variable dépendante f
• Hungarian: függő változó (hu)
• Italian: variabile dipendente (it) f
• Maori: taurangi whakamauru
• Portuguese: variável dependente
• Romanian: variabilă dependentă
• Russian: зави́симая переме́нная (ru) f (zavísimaja pereménnaja)
• Slovak: závislá f
• Spanish: variable dependiente (es) f
• Swedish: beroende variabel c
• Tagalog: disarilining aligin
• Thai: ตัวแปรตาม
• Turkish: bağımlı değişken (tr)
• Welsh: newidyn dibynnol m

in sciences

• Arabic: مُتَغَيِّر تَابِع (mutaḡayyir tābiʕ)
• Czech: závislá proměnná f
• Finnish: riippuva muuttuja (fi)
• German: abhängige Variable f
• Indonesian: variabel terikat (id)
• Romanian: variabilă dependentă f
• Russian: зави́симая переме́нная (ru) f (zavísimaja pereménnaja)
• Tagalog: disarilining aligin
• Welsh: newidyn dibynnol m