unknown

(ŭn-nōn')
adj.

1. Not known; unfamiliar: a modern-day problem unknown in earlier times.
2. 1. Not identified or ascertained: received flowers from an unknown admirer.
   2. Not established or verified.
3. Not well known or widely known: an unknown artist.

n.

1. 1. A person or thing that is unknown: "the abyss of the unknown" (Helena Petrovna Blavatsky).
   2. A person who is not well known, as to the general public: cast an unknown in the starring role.
2. Mathematics. A quantity of unknown numerical value.

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adjective

Not known or not widely known by name: nameless, obscure, unheard-of. See knowledge/ignorance.

adj

Definition: obscure, mysterious
Antonyms: familiar, identified, known

n. 1. a code meaning “information not available.”

2. an unidentified target. Compare with bogey.

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(DOD) 1. A code meaning "information not available." 2. An unidentified target. An aircraft or ship that has not been determined to be hostile, friendly, or neutral using identification friend or foe and other techniques, but that must be tracked by air defense or naval engagement systems. 3. An identity applied to an evaluated track that has not been identified. See also friend; hostile; neutral; suspect.

IN BRIEF: Not discovered or identified.

It is good to love the unknown. — Charles Lamb (1775-1834).

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Quotes:

"There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange." - Elias Canetti

"The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown." - Rene Magritte

"You ask what is the use of classification, arrangement, systemization? I answer you: order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject-the actual enemy is the unknown." - Thomas Mann

"When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take the step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for us to stand on or we will be taught to fly." - Patrick Overton

"Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known." - Antoine De Saint-Exupery

"It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom." - Wallace Stevens

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i. A code meaning the information is not available.
ii. An unidentified target.

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For a list of words related to unknown, see:

• Quantities, Relationships, and Operations - unknown: variable whose value can be found by solving equation
• Enlightenment, Truth, and the Unknowable - unknown: that which has yet to be discovered, identified, revealed, understood, or explained

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ukendt
n. - ukendt

idioms:

• the unknown    det ukendte
• unknown quantity    ukendt mængde
• unknown soldier    ukendt soldat

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbekend, vreemd, niet bekend, onwetend, onbekende (persoon), onbekende grootheid

Français (French)
adj. - inconnu, ignoré
n. - inconnu, (Math) inconnue

idioms:

• the unknown    l'inconnu
• unknown quantity    quantité inconnue
• unknown soldier    soldat inconnu

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unbekannter, unbekannte Größe
adj. - unbekannt

idioms:

• the unknown    das Unbekannte
• unknown quantity    eine unbekannte Größe
• unknown soldier    Unbekannter Soldat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το άγνωστο
adj. - άγνωστος, αγνοούμενος από

idioms:

• the unknown    το άγνωστο
• unknown quantity    (μαθημ.) άγνωστη ποσότητα, αστάθμητος παράγοντας
• unknown soldier    ο 'Αγνωστος Στρατιώτης

Italiano (Italian)
sconosciuto

idioms:

• the unknown    l'ignoto
• unknown quantity    incognita
• unknown soldier    milite ignoto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desconhecido (m), incógnita (Mat.) (f)
adj. - desconhecido

idioms:

• the unknown    o desconhecido
• unknown quantity    incógnita (f) (Mat.)
• unknown soldier    soldado desconhecido (m)

Русский (Russian)
неизвестный, без чьего-л. ведома

idioms:

• the unknown    неизвестное, незнакомец, неизвестная величина (в математике)
• unknown quantity    человек, объект или явление, чье значение не может быть определено
• unknown soldier    Неизвестный солдат

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desconocido, ignorado, incógnito
n. - desconocido, (mat.) incógnita

idioms:

• the unknown    lo desconocido
• unknown quantity    incógnita
• unknown soldier    soldado desconocido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - den okände, det okända, den okända faktorn
adj. - okänd, obekant

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
未知的, 陌生的, 未知的东西, 未知数

idioms:

• the unknown    未知的事物或人
• unknown quantity    难以预测的人或事
• unknown soldier    阵亡的无名英雄

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 未知的, 陌生的
n. - 未知的東西, 未知數

idioms:

• the unknown    未知的事物或人
• unknown quantity    難以預測的人或事
• unknown soldier    陣亡的無名英雄

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 알려지지 않은, 셀 수 없는, 미지의
n. - 무명인, 미지의 것, 미지수

idioms:

• the unknown    세상에 알려지지 않은 것

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 知られていない, 未知の, 無名の, 計り知れない
n. - 知られていないもの, 無名の人

idioms:

• the unknown    世に知られない人, 無名の人, 未知数
• unknown quantity    未知数, 未知量
• unknown soldier    無名戦士

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المجهول (صفه) مجهول, مغمور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא ידוע, אלמוני, נעלם‬
n. - ‮אדם לא-ידוע, אלמוני, כמות לא-ידועה‬

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