Usually means: Entity with established, recognized characteristics.
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  1. known quantity: Merriam-Webster
  2. known quantity: Wiktionary
  3. known quantity: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  4. known quantity: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. known quantity: Dictionary.com

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  1. known quantity: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (known quantity)

▸ noun:  A person or thing whose nature or value is well known.

Similar:
knownness, unknown known, constancy, constant, nature, quantity, usualness, knowableness, certainty, absolute, more...

Opposite:
unknown, variable, uncertain, ambiguous

Types:
meter, gram, liter, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, candela, more...

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Similar:
knownness, unknown known, constancy, constant, nature, quantity, usualness, knowableness, certainty, absolute, more...

Opposite:
unknown, variable, uncertain, ambiguous

Types:
meter, gram, liter, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, candela, more...



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