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Degrees of Freedom (DoF)

Formal	An engineering concept used in MEMS that describes the directions in which an object can move and generally the number of independent variables in a dynamic system. Read More
Practical	In mechanics, the degree of freedom of a mechanical system is the number of independent parameters that define its configuration. It is the number of parameters that determine the state of a physical system and is important to the analysis of systems of bodies in mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, robotics, and structural engineering. Read More
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Formal

An engineering concept used in MEMS that describes the directions in which an object can move and generally the number of independent variables in a dynamic system.

Practical

In mechanics, the degree of freedom of a mechanical system is the number of independent parameters that define its configuration. It is the number of parameters that determine the state of a physical system and is important to the analysis of systems of bodies in mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, robotics, and structural engineering.

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Degrees of Freedom (DoF)