as-yet-unknown

See also: as yet unknown

English

Alternative forms

• as yet unknown

Adjective

as-yet-unknown (not comparable)

1. 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)

1. Something that is currently unknown.
   • 2011, Jinfa Cai, Eric Knuth, Early Algebraization: A Global Dialogue from Multiple Perspectives‎^[1]:

     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.