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origin
[awr-i-jin, or-]
noun
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead.
to follow a stream to its origin.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms: ,rise or derivation from a particular source.
the origin of a word.
the first stage of existence; beginning.
the origin of Quakerism in America.
ancestry; parentage; extraction.
to be of Scottish origin.
Synonyms: , ,Anatomy.
the point of derivation.
the more fixed portion of a muscle.
Mathematics.
the point in a Cartesian coordinate system where the axes intersect.
Also called pole.the point from which rays designating specific angles originate and are measured from in a polar coordinate system with no axes.
origin
/ ˈɒɪɪ /
noun
a primary source; derivation
the beginning of something; first stage or part
(often plural) ancestry or parentage; birth; extraction
anatomy
the end of a muscle, opposite its point of insertion
the beginning of a nerve or blood vessel or the site where it first starts to branch out
maths
the point of intersection of coordinate axes or planes
the point whose coordinates are all zero See also pole 2
commerce the country from which a commodity or product originates
shipment from origin
origin
The point at which the axes of a Cartesian coordinate system intersect. The coordinates of the origin are (0,0) in two dimensions and (0,0,0) in three dimensions.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of origin1
Example Sentences
An individual would have the right to legal advice and be able to either return to their country of origin or go to Spain to face questions.
They added that his father, of Armenian origin, had not lived with them since his parents' separation.
But the vast availability of U.S.-origin, black-market weapons undermines Mexico’s strict guidelines.
“We have this problem in studying the origins of musicality … Music doesn't fossilize,” said Henkjan Honing, a professor of Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam.
A row about the origins of Stilton and who can make it has been rumbling for years.
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