:e (1) : not determined by or capable of being deduced or derived from or [[expressed]] in terms of members (as [[axiom]]s or [[equation]]s) of the set under consideration; especially : having [[linear]] independence <an independent set of vectors> (2) : having the property that the joint [[probability]] (as of events or samples) or the joint probability [[density]] [[function]] (as of [[random]] variables) equals the product of the probabilities or probability density functions of separate occurrence | :e (1) : not determined by or capable of being deduced or derived from or [[expressed]] in terms of members (as [[axiom]]s or [[equation]]s) of the set under consideration; especially : having [[linear]] independence <an independent set of vectors> (2) : having the property that the joint [[probability]] (as of events or samples) or the joint probability [[density]] [[function]] (as of [[random]] variables) equals the product of the probabilities or probability density functions of separate occurrence |