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| − | * | + | Old French. sors, *surs, *sours masculine, and surse, sourse, source (modern.French source) fem., substantival uses of the pa. pple. of sourdre to rise or spring . ca.14th century |
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| − | + | :c. An assault or attack. Obs. | |
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| − | *[[ | + | *3. a. The fountain-head or [[origin]] of a river or stream; the spring or place from which a [[flow]] of water takes its beginning. |
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| − | *[[ | + | :b. With a and pl. A spring; a fountain. |
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| + | :c. In fig. [[context]]s. | ||
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| + | *4. fig. a. The chief or prime [[cause]] of something of a non-[[material]] or abstract character; the quarter whence something of this kind originates. | ||
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| + | :b. With a, this, etc., or pl. | ||
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| + | :c. The origin, or original stock, of a [[person]], [[family]], etc. | ||
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| + | :d. The originating cause or substance of some material [[thing]] or physical [[agency]]. | ||
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| + | :e. A [[work]], etc., supplying [[information]] or [[evidence]] (esp. of an original or primary character) as to some [[fact]], event, or series of these. Also, a person supplying information, an informant, a spokesman. | ||
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| + | :f. attrib., as (sense 4e) source [[book]], data, document, material, [[study]]. | ||
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| + | *5. a. [[Physics]]. A point or centre from which a fluid or current [[flows]]. More widely, any point where, or [[process]] by which, energy or some material component enters a [[physical]] [[system]]; opp. SINK n.1 8. Freq. without const., but otherwise not really distinct from sense 4d. | ||
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| + | :b. Electronics. (The material forming) the part of a unipolar transistor which corresponds in [[function]] to the cathode of a thermionic valve. | ||
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| + | *6. Comb., as (sense 4e) source-hunter, -hunting; source-[[criticism]] Theology., [[analysis]] and [[study]] of the sources used by the [[authors]] of the [[Bible|biblical]] [[text]]; hence source-critical a.; source program Computers, a program written in a language other than machine code, usu. a high-level language (cf. object program s.v. OBJECT n. 10); source rock Geol., a rock formation in which a particular mineral material originates; spec. a deposit in which petroleum is formed. | ||
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Revision as of 19:29, 12 December 2009
Etymology
Old French. sors, *surs, *sours masculine, and surse, sourse, source (modern.French source) fem., substantival uses of the pa. pple. of sourdre to rise or spring . ca.14th century
Definitions
- 1. ‘A support or underprop’ (Gwilt). Obs.
- 2. a. Hawking. The act of rising on the wing, on the part of a hawk or other bird. Obs.
- b. The rising of the sun. Obs.
- c. An assault or attack. Obs.
- 3. a. The fountain-head or origin of a river or stream; the spring or place from which a flow of water takes its beginning.
- b. With a and pl. A spring; a fountain.
- c. In fig. contexts.
- 4. fig. a. The chief or prime cause of something of a non-material or abstract character; the quarter whence something of this kind originates.
- b. With a, this, etc., or pl.
- e. A work, etc., supplying information or evidence (esp. of an original or primary character) as to some fact, event, or series of these. Also, a person supplying information, an informant, a spokesman.
- 5. a. Physics. A point or centre from which a fluid or current flows. More widely, any point where, or process by which, energy or some material component enters a physical system; opp. SINK n.1 8. Freq. without const., but otherwise not really distinct from sense 4d.
- b. Electronics. (The material forming) the part of a unipolar transistor which corresponds in function to the cathode of a thermionic valve.
- 6. Comb., as (sense 4e) source-hunter, -hunting; source-criticism Theology., analysis and study of the sources used by the authors of the biblical text; hence source-critical a.; source program Computers, a program written in a language other than machine code, usu. a high-level language (cf. object program s.v. OBJECT n. 10); source rock Geol., a rock formation in which a particular mineral material originates; spec. a deposit in which petroleum is formed.
