unknown variable

collocation in English

meaningsofunknownandvariable

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unknown
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnəʊn/us
/ʌnˈnoʊn/
not known ...
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variable
noun[C]
uk
/ˈveə.ri.ə.bəl/us
/ˈver.i.ə.bəl/
a number, amount, or situation that ...
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(Definition ofunknownandvariablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this work is anunknownvariableand is determined analytically.
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Many aspects of the origin of life lack the traditional cornerstones of scientific method: a singleunknownvariable, repeatable experiments, or falsifiable results.
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This result crucially depends on the distribution of theunknownvariable.
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Unfortunately, the equation for the surface remains anunknownvariable, and it is by no means certain that the solution of this more complicated equation would remove the indeterminacy.
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The biggestunknownvariableis the rate of take-up among tenants who could qualify.
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Graphs can also be used to read off the value of anunknownvariableplotted as a function of a known one.
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An adjoint state equation is introduced, including a newunknownvariable.
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There is only oneunknownvariablein the equation - r.
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The scale for theunknownvariablecan lie between the other two scales or outside of them.
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This analysis is incomplete, as it leaves the distance "a" as anunknownvariable.
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The unknown variables introduced by donor plasma in the priming volume are prohibitive of predicting the effect of heparin based on sensitivity and dilution calculations.
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The equations are integrated from one boundary with trial values of the unknown variables a t that boundary.
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These projections are, however, sensitive to the cost of the vaccine and the length of protection - two presently unknown variables.
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In fact, it can be reduced to the minimization of an algebraic function depending on a finite number of discrete unknown variables.
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The model is first derived formally by averaging the unknown variables in the normal layer.
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In some cases the number of the unknown variables is high.
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The explicit constraints are the upper and lower limit of the unknown variables.
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