origami
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1920–25; < Japanese, equivalent to ori fold + -gami, combining form of kami paper
1920–25; < Japanese, equivalent to ori fold + -gami, combining form of kami paper
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| —n | |
| the art or process, originally Japanese, of paper folding | |
| [from Japanese, from ori a folding + kami paper] | |
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Origami
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Word Origin & History
origami
1956, from Japanese origami, from ori "fold" + kami "paper."
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Example sentences
Paper-folding can produce more than airplanes, as the ancient art of origami has shown.
In prions, mutations are essentially different styles of molecular origami.
The principles of origami are commonly used for map folding as well as product packaging.
The exact sequence of amino acids determines the form that this molecular origami will take.
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