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HIDDEN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Difficult to find
Example:
an obscure retreat
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
concealed (hidden on any grounds for any motive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Designed to elude detection
Example:
the secret compartment in the desk
Synonyms:
hidden; secret
Classified under:
Similar:
concealed (hidden on any grounds for any motive)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not accessible to view
Example:
in stormy weather the stars are out of sight
Synonyms:
concealed; hidden; out of sight
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
invisible; unseeable (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past participle of the verb hide
Context examples:
A statistical model in which the system being modeled has unknown parameters, but the hidden parameters can be determined from the observable parameters.
(Hidden Markov Model, NCI Thesaurus)
Also, because the pancreas is hidden behind other organs, health care providers cannot see or feel the tumors during routine exams.
(Pancreatic Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Light from sunsets, stars and planets can be separated into its component colors to create spectra, as prisms do with sunlight, in order to obtain hidden information.
(Sunsets on Titan reveal the complexity of hazy exoplanets, NASA)
If these findings are confirmed, scientists will have to adjust the unified model and come up with new ways to explain why some black holes appear hidden.
(NASA's WISE findings poke hole in black hole 'Doughnut' theory, NASA)
The answer, it turned out, was hidden in the rings.
(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)
They were perfectly cut and deposited in containers of varying sizes that were made of different materials (metal, leather and even wood), which were then hidden in specific parts of the cave.
(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)
Could the answer to this threat be hidden in clays formed in minerals deep in the Earth?
(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)
He was securely hidden in his nest under a foot of snow.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
But now and then there came a deep growl from some wild animal hidden among the trees.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Still hidden amongst the trees, he paused to study the situation.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
