known object

collocation in English

meaningsofknownandobject

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known
adjective
uk
/nəʊn/us
/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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object
noun
uk
/ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/us
/ˈɑːb.dʒɪkt/
a thing that you can see or touch but that is not usually a living animal, plant, ...
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(Definition ofknownandobjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofknown object

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Extracting the color of a surface is error-prone, unless the surface is that of aknownobject.
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Within the bounds of this similarity, any given knowledge about theknownobjectcan be transferred to the unknown one.
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The two new objects differed in the degree of perceptual similarity between them and theknownobject.
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Indeed, the separation of the knowing subject from theknownobjectpretty much collapses the possibility of gaining knowledge about things as relationally constituted entities.
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Each subject was presented with 18 pairs of drawings, each consisting of aknownobjectand a new one, either a similar or a dissimilar one.
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A thing can become aknownobjectof thought when an "a posteriori" sense impression is comprehended through the forms of the categories.
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If not, additional data is collected to see if the signal represents a new orbit of aknownobject.
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At that time this comet had passed closer to the sun than any otherknownobject.
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The centre compares the measurements to the catalogue to see whether it is aknownobject.
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This makes it the smallestknownobjectto have rings.
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This is a record close approach for aknownobjectof this size.
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This interaction indicates areas associated specifically with retrieving the names of known objects from vision.
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In this way, he analyzed knowledge into (1) the knowing subject, or observer, (2) theknownobject, and (3) the image or representation in the subject's mind.
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This study suggests that this region is particularly involved in name retrieval for known objects, and it is more activated in name retrieval than in object recognition alone.
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In the absence of a ruler, hailstone size is often visually estimated by comparing its size to that of known objects, such as coins.
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There are several known objects which allow such a solution: spheres, concentric spheres, infinite cylinders, cluster of spheres and cluster of cylinders.
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