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Rumsfeld matrix

Rumsfeld matrix noun: a grid that divides risks into known knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns.

Noun

Rumsfeld matrix (plural Rumsfeld matrixes or Rumsfeld matrices)

  1. A grid that divides risks into known knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns.

Forms of Rumsfeld matrix

pluralRumsfeld matrixes
pluralRumsfeld matrices

Origin of Rumsfeld matrix

Named after Donald Rumsfeld.

Questions about Rumsfeld matrix

What does Rumsfeld matrix mean?
Rumsfeld matrix means a grid that divides risks into known knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns.
What part of speech is Rumsfeld matrix?
Rumsfeld matrix is a noun.
What is the plural of Rumsfeld matrix?
The plural of Rumsfeld matrix is Rumsfeld matrixes.

Words near Rumsfeld matrix in the dictionary

  1. Rumsen
  2. Rumsey
  3. Rumseys
  4. Rumsfeld
  5. Rumsfeld matrices
  6. Rumsfeld matrix
  7. Rumsfeld matrixes
  8. Rumsfeldian
  9. rumshop
  10. rumshops
  11. Rumsien

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