experimental variable

1. 1.

   (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables

   Synonymsindependent variable

   Broadervariable

   Narrowerfactor

   statistics

Questions about experimental variable

What does experimental variable mean?

experimental variable means "(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables".

What is another word for experimental variable?

Close synonyms include independent variable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is experimental variable a common word?

experimental variable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.