| 单词 | fudge factor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfudge factor fudge factor n. a factor speculatively included in a hypothesis or calculation, esp. to account for some unquantified but significant phenomenon or to ensure a desired result. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > ensuring desired result fudge factor1977 1977 Aviation Week 24 Jan. 62/3 Meeting criteria for the FAA, jet transport A/C do not land on runways based on actual rollout distance. Thrust reversing is not included and many fudge factors are added. 1983 Nature 21 July 210/1 Bohr's boldness in formulating what would now be called fudge factors was vindicated: by formalizing the unexplained, Bohr set up the challenge that was eventually met when the entirely new physics of quantum and wave mechanics was expounded. 1989 Financial Times 22 Feb. 22/7 The market soon recognised the fudge factor—half a point tacked on for the drought effect—and settled back into more familiar expectations on growth. < as lemmas |
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