英语词汇“known quantity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

known quantity n. (a) Mathematics a quantity (quantity n. 3a) in an equation, etc., whose value is known; (b) figurative something or someone whose nature or character is familiar or predictable; cf. unknown quantity n. 2.

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1702 J. Raphson Math. Dict. at Parabolism The Division of the Terms of an Equation by the known Quantity..that is involved or multiplied into the first Term.

1825 W. Colburn Introd. Algebra i. 8 Its value is found by dividing the known quantity by its coefficient.

1851 Graham's Mag. Feb. 120/1 To him, every impulse by which the intellect is moved, was a known quantity—a distinct character.

1894 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 2 Sept. 4/4 It is a war between a known quantity and a great unknown quantity.

1977 New Yorker 24 Jan. 86 Have people become so accustomed to the series idea from television viewing that they go to another Dirty Harry movie because it's a known quantity?

1999 Econometrica 67 1320 The future component of the value function treated as a known quantity based on its recursive solution.

2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 14 July 31/2 He is a known quantity who is likely to leave current management alone.

单词	known quantity
释义	> as lemmas known quantity known quantity n. (a) Mathematics a quantity (quantity n. 3a) in an equation, etc., whose value is known; (b) figurative something or someone whose nature or character is familiar or predictable; cf. unknown quantity n. 2. ΚΠ 1702 J. Raphson Math. Dict. at Parabolism The Division of the Terms of an Equation by the known Quantity..that is involved or multiplied into the first Term. 1825 W. Colburn Introd. Algebra i. 8 Its value is found by dividing the known quantity by its coefficient. 1851 Graham's Mag. Feb. 120/1 To him, every impulse by which the intellect is moved, was a known quantity—a distinct character. 1894 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 2 Sept. 4/4 It is a war between a known quantity and a great unknown quantity. 1977 New Yorker 24 Jan. 86 Have people become so accustomed to the series idea from television viewing that they go to another Dirty Harry movie because it's a known quantity? 1999 Econometrica 67 1320 The future component of the value function treated as a known quantity based on its recursive solution. 2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 14 July 31/2 He is a known quantity who is likely to leave current management alone. extracted from knownadj.n. < as lemmas
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