"When the position of every point of a material system can be determined in terms of any independent variables n in number, the system is said to possess n degrees of freedom, and the n independent variables are called the generalised coordinates. The choice of the particular independent variables is perfectly arbitrary, and may be varied indefinitely, but the number of degrees of freedom cannot be either increased or diminished."
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