what is it called when something has a hidden meaning?
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The obvious meaning of underlying refers to something beneath something else. But the word carries a more subtle meaning, that of something hidden but important, something that shapes the meaning or effect of something else, without being explicit itself.
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A known unknown is information whose existence someone is aware of but does not possess. Known unknowns are what drives many scientific experiments, search engine and database queries, business intelligence (BI) and data analytics, among other channels of inquiry.
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A hidden camera also known as a spy camera is a still or video camera used to record people without their knowledge. The term “hidden camera” is commonly used in TV shows, sometimes when subjects are unaware that they are being recorded, and usually lacking their knowledge and consent.
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(plural best-kept secrets) (idiomatic) A significant fact or characteristic that is not well-known.
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Letting the cat out of the bag (also ... ... box) is a colloquialism meaning to reveal facts previously hidden.
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adjective. without fixed limits; indefinite in form, extent, or application: undefined authority; undefined feelings of sadness. not given meaning or significance, as by a definition; not defined or explained: an undefined term.
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Undefined. An expression in mathematics which does not have meaning and so which is not assigned an interpretation. For example, division by zero is undefined in the field of real numbers. SEE ALSO: Ambiguous, Complex Infinity, Directed Infinity, Division by Zero, Ill-Defined, Indeterminate, Well-Defined.
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For example, saying "the ATM machine" is a tautology, because the M already stands for machine. Other examples include: DVD disc.
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According to law.jrank.org, the definition for unascertained goods is the goods that are not specifically identified at the time a contract of sale is made. ... Specific goods are goods specifically identified at the time a contract of sale is made, e.g. a shirt made of cotton and with a Mickey Mouse cartoon on it.
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Easter egg (media) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. While the term Easter egg has been used to mean a hidden object for some time, in reference to an Easter egg hunt, it has come to be more commonly used to mean a message, image, or feature hidden in a video game, film, or other, usually electronic, medium.
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A hidden line, also known as a hidden object line is a medium weight line, made of short dashes about 1/8” long with 1/16”gaps, to show edges, surfaces and corners which cannot be seen. Sometimes they are used to make a drawing easier to understand. Often they are omitted in an isometric view. Section Line.
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Its absence can tell you as much as its usage. However, it's important in poetry to know the rules before you can break them. This allows you to manipulate it to your advantage and even alter the meaning of your poem.
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Obfuscation is the practice of making something difficult to understand. ... A tool called an obfuscator can be used to automatically convert straight-forward source code into a program that works the same way, but is much harder to read and understand.
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So it can be used as a way of signaling knowledge, that someone is clever, or a threat (as in, I'll sniff out whatever trouble you're up to). The use to mean 'secret' - which is how I know it - is another extension of this, and indeed the most common.
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underlying. The obvious meaning of underlying refers to something beneath something else. But the word carries a more subtle meaning, that of something hidden but important, something that shapes the meaning or effect of something else, without being explicit itself.
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Concealed or secret, as in The design for the new plant is under wraps. This idiom frequently is put as keep under wraps, meaning “keep secret,” as in Let's keep this theory under wraps until we've tested it sufficiently. It alludes to covering something completely by wrapping it up. [ 1930s]
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A Secret Rare (シークレットレア Shīkuretto Rea, or simply Secret [citation needed]) card is identified by having a holographic rainbow card name and by the artwork having a unique holofoil known as parallel holofoil (named due to the parallel dot effect on the image).