unknown quantity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- factor hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
Types & categories
- variable hypernym
Related & opposite
- unknown derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | factor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unknown |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | variable |