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known
(known)
Pronunciation:
/nəʊn/
past participle of
know
adjective
recognized, familiar, or within the scope of knowledge:
plants little
known to
western science
the known world
[
attributive
]
publicly acknowledged to be:
a known criminal
Mathematics
(of a quantity or variable) having a value that can be stated.
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