as-yet-unknown

See also: as yet unknown

English

Alternative forms

as yet unknown

Adjective

as-yet-unknown (not comparable)

currently 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.

Noun

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

Something that is currently unknown.
- 2011, Jinfa Cai, Eric Knuth, Early Algebraization: A Global Dialogue from Multiple Perspectives‎:
  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.

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