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as-yet-unknown

as-yet-unknown adjective: currently unknown.

Adjective

as-yet-unknown (not comparable)

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

Noun

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

  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

Forms of as-yet-unknown

Adjective
alternative formas yet unknown
Noun
pluralas-yet-unknowns

Questions about as-yet-unknown

What does as-yet-unknown mean?
As-yet-unknown means currently unknown.
What part of speech is as-yet-unknown?
As-yet-unknown can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near as-yet-unknown in the dictionary

  1. As-Seeb
  2. As-Sib
  3. As-Sirat
  4. as-told-to
  5. as-told-tos
  6. as-yet-unknown
  7. as-yet-unknowns
  8. As. Mos.
  9. AS/RS
  10. ASA
  11. ASA character

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