<entry id="2216699" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2845455</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>ファクターＸ</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ファクターエックス</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<lsource ls_wasei="y">factor X</lsource>
<gloss>x variable</gloss>
<gloss>unknown variable</gloss>
<gloss>unknown factor</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2020-06-29 00:01:11" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>used by Nobel laureate 山中先生 in the 
context of "why isn't covid-19 more 
widespread?"
https://www.covid19-
yamanaka.com/sp/cont11/main.html
ファクターXを探せ！

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3d4fe34f
a5d956e9bfe8767dbe01ca6f49c6b14b
ファクターXとは？山中伸弥教授がサイトで仮説立て話
題に。大阪府の吉村知事も「あるのでは」と言及【新型
コロナ】

I don't think it's actually a maths term</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-06-29 00:17:12" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-27 01:29:31" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-&lt;lsource ls_wasei="y"&gt;factor x&lt;/lsource&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;x variable&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;lsource ls_wasei="y"&gt;factor X&lt;/lsource&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;x variable (esp. in relation to COVID-19 in Japan)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-28 01:52:07" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Possibly ephemeral.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-12-22 17:14:28" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think it's worth keeping but we xan skip mentioning cocid</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;x variable (esp. in relation to COVID-19 in Japan)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;x variable&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-12-23 01:59:58" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>