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− | Those works which have been identified as ''apparent sources''[http://www.revisionscontrol.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Source] for elements in the [[Primary Corpus]].
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| + | ==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. |
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| + | *2. a. Hawking. The act of rising on the wing, on the part of a hawk or other bird. Obs. |
− | ==Film and television==
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− | *''[[The Source (documentary)]]'', a 1999 documentary movie about the [[Beat generation]] | |
− | *''[[The Source (film)]]'', a 2002 science fiction movie, also known as ''The Secret Craft'' in the UK and ''The Surge'' for its American DVD release
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− | *The Source, the overarching entity in the [[Zero One|machine city]] of the Matrix universe
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− | *[[The Source (Charmed)]], a fictional evil being in the television series ''Charmed''
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− | *The Source, a character in the short-lived 1978 US television sitcom ''[[Quark (TV series)|Quark]]''
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− | ==Media==
| + | :b. The rising of the sun. Obs. |
− | *[[Journalism sourcing]], a person, publication or other record or document that gives information
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− | *[[The Source (network)]], a radio network operated in the 1970s and 1980s by NBC
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− | *[[WVUR-FM]], "The Source", Valparaiso University's student-run radio station
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− | ==Music==
| + | :c. An assault or attack. Obs. |
− | *''The Source'', a series of volumes by [[Graham Kendrick]] that are compilations of Christian church music
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− | *''[[The Source (album)]]'', an album by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
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− | *''The Source'', an album by [[Ali Farka Touré]]
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− | *[[The Source (musician)]], the production identity of UK electronic music record producer John Truelove
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− | *"The Source", a song by Built to Spill from their 1994 album ''[[There's Nothing Wrong with Love]]''
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− | *''Source'', an album released by the band [[The Duskfall]] in 2003.
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− | ==Research==
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− | *[[Source text]], in research (especially in the humanities), a source of information referred to by citation
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− | **[[Primary source]], firsthand written evidence of history made at the time of the event by someone who was present
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− | **[[Secondary source]], written accounts of history based upon the evidence from primary sources
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− | **[[Tertiary source]], compilations based upon primary and secondary sources
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− | ==Print==
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− | *''[[The Source (novel)]]'', a 1967 novel by James A. Michener
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− | *''[[The Source (magazine)]]'', a magazine of hip-hop music and culture
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− | *[[Source (comics)]], a sentient entity who provides advice to the New Gods in the DC Multiverse
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− | *''The Source'', a book by [[Art Bell]] about paranormal matters
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− | ==Technology==
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− | *[[Source (river or stream)|Source]], in [[hydrology]], is the origin of water for a river or stream
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− | *[[Source code]] for software, see also free software or open-source software
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− | *[[The Source (service)]], an online service provider founded in 1978
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− | *A terminal in a [[field effect transistor]]
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− | *[[Light#Light sources|Light source]], an object emitting light
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− | *[[Sound#Sound sources|Sound source]], an object emitting sound
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− | *[[Energy development#Energy sources|Energy sources]], are substances or processes with high concentrations of energy
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− | *[[Voltage source]], any device or system that produces an electromotive force between its terminals
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− | *[[Current source]], an electrical or electronic device that delivers or absorbs electric current
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− | *[[Source engine]], a proprietary game engine developed by Valve Software for ''Half-Life 2''
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− | **''[[Counter-Strike: Source]]'', a game utilizing the Source engine
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− | **''[[Day of Defeat: Source]]'', a game utilizing the Source engine
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− | *A [[SCSI]] endpoint
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− | *[[Communication source]]
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− | == Other ==
| + | *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. |
− | *[[Information theory#Source theory|Source theory]], any process that generates successive messages can be considered a source of information | |
− | *[[Sources of law]], the materials and processes out of which law is developed
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− | *[[Sources of international law]], the materials and processes out of which the rules and principles regulating the international community are developed
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− | *[[Source (river or stream)]], the original point from which the river flows
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− | *[[Believers of the Source]], a disbanded Faction of the Planescape universe[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source]]
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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. |
| + | ==See also== |
| + | *'''''[[0:3 The First Source and Center|The First Source]]''''' |
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