kwēˈsīd.əm noun
( plural quaesi·ta -d.ə)
Etymology: Latin, neuter of quaesitus, past participle of quaerere to seek, ask
1. : something sought for : end , objective
our intuition that one of the ideas … is, at last, our quaesitum — William James
2. : the true or actual value of a quantity as distinguished from one determined by empirical procedures (as of measurement) — compare error 5a