as-yet-unknown

adjective

Currently unknown.

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Meanings

adjectiveas-yet-unknown (not comparable)

alternative as yet unknown

  1. not comparableCurrently unknown.

    1990, David Layzer Professor of Astrophysics Harvard University, Cosmogenesis : The Growth of Order in the Universe: The Growth of Order in ... Now suppose that neutrons had some as-yet-unknown property that, if it could be observed, would enable us to predict their individual lifetimes.

nounas-yet-unknown (plural as-yet-unknowns)

plural as-yet-unknowns · alternative as yet unknown

  1. Something that is currently unknown.

    In their chapter Ellerton and Clements consider what is involved in the task of solving the equations that arise from acknowledging ignorance and using letters to stand in for as-yet-unknowns.

    2011, Jinfa Cai, Eric Knuth, Early Algebraization: A Global Dialogue from Multiple Perspectives
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Chicago

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