Search Result for "unknown_quantity":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a factor in a given situation whose bearing and importance is not apparent;
- Example: "I don't know what the new man will do he's still an unknown quantity";

2. a variable whose values are solutions of an equation;
[syn: unknown, unknown quantity]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unknown quantity
    n 1: a factor in a given situation whose bearing and importance
         is not apparent; "I don't know what the new man will do;
         he's still an unknown quantity"
    2: a variable whose values are solutions of an equation [syn:
       unknown, unknown quantity]