unknown
A variable whose value is to be foundA variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
» The cause of the fire was unknown.
Die Ursache des Brandes war unbekannt.
Причина пожара была неизвестной.
Причина пожара была неизвестна.
Причина пожежі була невідома.
Meaning
3 sensesA variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
Unbekannte
невідомаnevidoma
a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
A person of no identity; a nonentity.
Unbekannter
Examples
291 sentencesThe cause of the fire was unknown.
Причина пожежі була невідома.
ruПричина пожара была неизвестной.
deDie Ursache des Brandes war unbekannt.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
Причина пожежі невідома.
The exact cause is unknown.
Точна причина невідома.
ruТочная причина неизвестна.
The meaning is unknown to me.
deDiese Bedeutung ist mir unbekannt.
Where Tom did that is unknown.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe, from Old English unġecnāwen (“unknownFrom Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe, from Old English unġecnāwen (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + known.
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Forms
plural: unknownsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a variable whose values are solutions of an equation:unknown quantity
- an unknown and unexplored region:unknown regionterra incognita
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found:strangeralien