Degrees of freedom (mechanics)

Degree of freedom - (of mechanical system) number of independent parameters that define its configuration; number of parameters that determine the state of a physical system and is important to the analysis of systems of bodies. Article "Degrees of freedom (mechanics)" in English Wikipedia has 32.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 9 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

This article has the best quality in French Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article "Degrees of freedom (mechanics)" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Degrees of freedom (mechanics)", its content was written by 126 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 418 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 308 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1217 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #42150 in December 2012
• Global: #16981 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #39379 in April 2008
• Global: #50178 in January 2015

There are 23 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	French (fr) Degré de liberté (génie mécanique)		33.8009
2	English (en) Degrees of freedom (mechanics)		32.1051
3	Hebrew (he) דרגות חופש (מכניקה)		27.099
4	Russian (ru) Степени свободы (механика)		25.7504
5	Norwegian (no) Frihetsgrad (mekanikk)		17.5113
6	Romanian (ro) Grad de libertate (mecanică)		16.0996
7	Portuguese (pt) Graus de liberdade (mecânica)		15.5254
8	Belarusian (be) Ступені свабоды (механіка)		14.877
9	Bulgarian (bg) Степени на свобода (механика)		11.8514
10	Arabic (ar) درجة حرية (ميكانيكا)		8.8777

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Degrees of freedom (mechanics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Degrees of freedom (mechanics)		2 463 091
2	Spanish (es) Grado de libertad (ingeniería)		781 595
3	Russian (ru) Степени свободы (механика)		488 368
4	French (fr) Degré de liberté (génie mécanique)		398 401
5	Italian (it) Grado di libertà (meccanica classica)		298 069
6	Dutch (nl) Vrijheidsgraad		177 752
7	Persian (fa) درجه آزادی (مکانیک)		91 519
8	Korean (ko) 자유도 (역학)		54 056
9	Chinese (zh) 自由度 (工程学)		45 535
10	Vietnamese (vi) Bậc tự do (cơ học)		38 436

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Degrees of freedom (mechanics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Degrees of freedom (mechanics)		4 598
2	Russian (ru) Степени свободы (механика)		1 179
3	Italian (it) Grado di libertà (meccanica classica)		581
4	French (fr) Degré de liberté (génie mécanique)		445
5	Spanish (es) Grado de libertad (ingeniería)		441
6	Dutch (nl) Vrijheidsgraad		180
7	Chinese (zh) 自由度 (工程学)		176
8	Persian (fa) درجه آزادی (مکانیک)		135
9	Vietnamese (vi) Bậc tự do (cơ học)		133
10	Korean (ko) 자유도 (역학)		118

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Degrees of freedom (mechanics)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Degrees of freedom (mechanics)		126
2	French (fr) Degré de liberté (génie mécanique)		69
3	Spanish (es) Grado de libertad (ingeniería)		27
4	Persian (fa) درجه آزادی (مکانیک)		25
5	Russian (ru) Степени свободы (механика)		25
6	Dutch (nl) Vrijheidsgraad		24
7	Italian (it) Grado di libertà (meccanica classica)		19
8	Norwegian (no) Frihetsgrad (mekanikk)		16
9	Chinese (zh) 自由度 (工程学)		15
10	Hebrew (he) דרגות חופש (מכניקה)		9

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Language versions of the article "Degrees of freedom (mechanics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Degrees of freedom (mechanics)		1
2	Arabic (ar) درجة حرية (ميكانيكا)		0
3	Belarusian (be) Ступені свабоды (механіка)		0
4	Bulgarian (bg) Степени на свобода (механика)		0
5	Catalan (ca) Graus de llibertat (enginyeria)		0
6	Spanish (es) Grado de libertad (ingeniería)		0
7	Persian (fa) درجه آزادی (مکانیک)		0
8	Finnish (fi) Vapausaste (mekaniikka)		0
9	French (fr) Degré de liberté (génie mécanique)		0
10	Hebrew (he) דרגות חופש (מכניקה)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Degrees of freedom (mechanics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Degrees of freedom (mechanics)		308
2	French (fr) Degré de liberté (génie mécanique)		146
3	Chinese (zh) 自由度 (工程学)		126
4	Italian (it) Grado di libertà (meccanica classica)		79
5	Russian (ru) Степени свободы (механика)		73
6	Dutch (nl) Vrijheidsgraad		67
7	Spanish (es) Grado de libertad (ingeniería)		62
8	Norwegian (no) Frihetsgrad (mekanikk)		57
9	Hebrew (he) דרגות חופש (מכניקה)		43
10	Slovenian (sl) Prostostna stopnja (mehanika)		41

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic درجة حرية (ميكانيكا)
be	Belarusian Ступені свабоды (механіка)
bg	Bulgarian Степени на свобода (механика)
ca	Catalan Graus de llibertat (enginyeria)
en	English Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
es	Spanish Grado de libertad (ingeniería)
fa	Persian درجه آزادی (مکانیک)
fi	Finnish Vapausaste (mekaniikka)
fr	French Degré de liberté (génie mécanique)
he	Hebrew דרגות חופש (מכניקה)
hi	Hindi स्वातंत्र्य कोटि (यांत्रिकी)
hy	Armenian Ազատության աստիճաններ
it	Italian Grado di libertà (meccanica classica)
ko	Korean 자유도 (역학)
nl	Dutch Vrijheidsgraad
no	Norwegian Frihetsgrad (mekanikk)
pt	Portuguese Graus de liberdade (mecânica)
ro	Romanian Grad de libertate (mecanică)
ru	Russian Степени свободы (механика)
sl	Slovenian Prostostna stopnja (mehanika)
sr	Serbian Степени слободе (механика)
vi	Vietnamese Bậc tự do (cơ học)
zh	Chinese 自由度 (工程学)

Best Rank

English: #39379 04.2008

Global: #50178 01.2015

Best Rank

English: #42150 12.2012

Global: #16981 12.2003

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