It means that you can change one variable (the independent variable) freely, but that the other variable (the dependent variable) depends on the independent variable. For example, to calculate kinetic energy, the energy (for a given object) depends on the speed; if you change the speed, you change the kinetic energy. You can't change the kinetic energy directly, only indirectly by changing the speed.
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An independent variable is a variable that isn't affected by something else. A dependent variable is a variable that's affected by changes in the independent variable.
is dependent on the independent variable
The independent variable is what you measure and the dependent variable is what you change
It means that they are not supposed to be together.
Free from outside control means Independent . While dependent Is opposite.