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| relationship between two variables in which the product is a constant |
| space between two objects or events |
| origin (ˈɒrɪdʒɪn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a primary source; derivation |
| 2. | the beginning of something; first stage or part |
| 3. | (often plural) ancestry or parentage; birth; extraction |
| 4. | anatomy |
| a. the end of a muscle, opposite its point of insertion | |
| b. the beginning of a nerve or blood vessel or the site where it first starts to branch out | |
| 5. | maths |
| a. the point of intersection of coordinate axes or planes | |
| b. See also pole the point whose coordinates are all zero | |
| 6. | commerce the country from which a commodity or product originates: shipment from origin |
| [C16: from French origine, from Latin orīgō beginning, birth, from orīrī to rise, spring from] | |
origin or·i·gin (ôr'ə-jĭn)
n.
The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
The fact of originating; rise or derivation.
The point of attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during contraction.
The starting point of a cranial or spinal nerve.
| origin (ôr'ə-jĭn) Pronunciation Key
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. |