source (noun)
111lymph gland — noun the source of lymph and lymphocytes • Syn: ↑lymph node, ↑node • Hypernyms: ↑lymphatic tissue, ↑lymphoid tissue • Hyponyms: ↑axillary node, ↑Peyer s patch, ↑ …
112audit trail — noun : a record of a sequence of events (as actions performed by a computer) from which a history of those events may be reconstructed * * * 1. Accounting. the process or an instance of cross referring each bookkeeping entry to its source in… …
113origin — noun 1) the origin of life Syn: beginning, start, commencement, origination, genesis, birth, dawning, dawn, emergence, creation, birthplace, cradle; source, basis, cause, root(s); formal radix 2) …
114backflow — noun a flow that returns toward its source • Syn: ↑backflowing • Hypernyms: ↑flow, ↑flowing • Hyponyms: ↑regurgitation * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun …
115cobalt 60 — noun a radioactive isotope of cobalt with mass number 60; a source of exceptionally intense gamma rays; used in radiation therapy • Hypernyms: ↑cobalt, ↑Co, ↑atomic number 27 * * * ˈsikstē noun : a heavy radioactive isotope of cobalt having the… …
116cochineal insect — noun Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye • Syn: ↑cochineal, ↑Dactylopius coccus • Hypernyms: ↑scale insect • Member Holonyms: ↑Dactylopius, ↑genus Dactylopius * * …
117liquid air — noun air in a liquid state (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑air, ↑cryogen * * * noun : air in the liquid state but usually richer in oxygen than gaseous air that is obtained as a faintly bluish transparent mobile intensely cold liquid by compressing… …
118district heating — noun : the distribution of heat by steam or otherwise from a central plant to buildings more or less widely distributed compare central I 4a * * * district heating noun The distribution of heat from a central source to buildings in the… …
119radio star — noun : a radio source of very small dimensions and relatively strong radiation and sometimes identified with certain small nebulosities and galaxies * * * Astron. Now Rare. a radio source. [1945 50] * * * radio star noun A discrete source of… …
120origin — noun Etymology: Middle English origine, from Latin origin , origo, from oriri to rise more at orient Date: 15th century 1. ancestry, parentage 2. a. rise, beginning, or derivation from a source b. the point at which something begins or rises or… …
