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Meaning of unknown

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  unknown
      adj 1: not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an
             unknown writer"; "an unknown source" [ant: {known}]
      2: being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an
         unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless
         owners"; "an unnamed donor" [syn: {nameless}, {unidentified},
         {unknown}, {unnamed}]
      3: not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from
         unknown depths"
      4: not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes
         of the war" [syn: {obscure}, {unknown}, {unsung}]
      5: not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many
         strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into
         the house" [syn: {strange}, {unknown}]
      n 1: an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels
           out the unknown" [syn: {unknown}, {unknown region}, {terra
           incognita}]
      2: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
         are found [syn: {stranger}, {alien}, {unknown}] [ant:
         {acquaintance}, {friend}]
      3: a variable whose values are solutions of an equation [syn:
         {unknown}, {unknown quantity}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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