"free variable" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: free variables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} free variable (plural free variables)
  1. (programming) A variable that is not bound to a storage location. Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: scope Translations (variable that is not bound to a storage location): 自由變量 (Chinese Mandarin), 自由变量 (zìyóu biànliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 自由變數 (Chinese Mandarin), 自由变数 (zìyóu biànshù) (Chinese Mandarin), volná proměnná [feminine] (Czech), variable libre [feminine] (French), freie Variable [feminine] (German), ελεύθερη μεταβλητή (eléftheri metavlití) [feminine] (Greek), 自由変数 (jiyū hensū) (alt: じゆうへんすう) (Japanese), 自由変項 (jiyū henkō) (alt: じゆうへんこう) (Japanese), свобо́дная переме́нная (svobódnaja pereménnaja) [feminine] (Russian), malayang aligin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-free_variable-en-noun-ywUQx5sJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'variable that is not bound to a storage location': 85 15
  2. (mathematics, logic) A variable (occurring within some expression or well-formed formula) which is not bound by a quantifier or analogous symbol (such as a lambda abstractor, the "differential d" near the end of an integral or differential form, or a summation symbol). Categories (topical): Logic, Mathematics Translations (in logic): volná proměnná [feminine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-free_variable-en-noun-lpzT-G7n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'in logic': 22 78

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