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origination
開始,起始,起源
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origination
發源; 起點
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origination
發端 起源
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
O·rig·i·na·tion
n.
1.
The
act
or
process
of
bringing
or
coming
into
existence
;
first
production
.
“The
origination
of
the
universe.”
What
comes
from
spirit
is
a
spontaneous
origination
.
--
Hickok
.
2.
Mode
of
production
,
or
bringing
into
being
.
This
eruca
is
propagated
by
animal
parents
,
to
wit
,
butterflies
,
after
the
common
origination
of
all
caterpillars
.
--
Ray
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
origination
n
1:
an
event
that
is
a
beginning
;
a
first
part
or
stage
of
subsequent
events
[
syn
:
origin
,
inception
]
2:
the
act
of
starting
something
for
the
first
time
;
introducing
something
new
; "
she
looked
forward
to
her
initiation
as
an
adult
"; "
the
foundation
of
a
new
scientific
society
"; "
he
regards
the
fork
as
a
modern
introduction
" [
syn
:
initiation
,
founding
,
foundation
,
institution
,
creation
,
innovation
,
introduction
,
instauration
]
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