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Noun: independent variable  ,in-di'pen-dunt 'veh-ree-u-bul
  1. (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables
    "In the experiment, light intensity was the independent variable"

Derived forms: independent variables

Type of: variable, variable quantity

Encyclopedia: Independent variable