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well-understood

British  

adjective

  1. widely or sufficiently understood or comprehended

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Insider misuse of nonpublic information is a well-understood category of misconduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

While most follow well-understood physical rules, strontium ruthenate, Sr2RuO4, has remained difficult to explain since its superconducting behavior was first identified in 1994.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

As customers “derive value from well-understood business cases, they’ll continue to invest in more innovation as we pour on the R&D,” McDermott said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

One already well-understood source of glare is drivers retrofitting their vehicles, replacing old halogen bulbs with LEDs.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

The difference in experience between the two labs told the tale: to the veteran experimentalists of the Cavendish, contamination was a familiar and well-understood phenomenon, but not so to the brash bombardiers of Berkeley.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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