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› used to represent a number, or the name of person or thing that is not known or stated: If 2x = 8, then x = 4. Witness x stated that she had seen Cooper on repeated occasions.Mathematical symbols
(Definition of x noun (AMOUNT NOT STATED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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