dependent variable

About 4.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

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

2. noun An outcome measured to see the effectiveness of the treatment.

Similar words

independent variable outcome variable responding variable unknown variable subject predictor variable variate bivariable autodependency

Word family

dependent variables