Webster's English Dictionary

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unknown

1. un.known \.*n-'no-n, '*n-\ aj : not known; also : having an unknown 
   value {~ quantity>
2. unknown n : something that is unknown and usu. to be discovered; specif 
   : a  symbol in a mathematical equation representing an unknown quantity and 
   often being one of the last letters of the alphabet