original source
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original
adjective
uk/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/us/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/
existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form ...
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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Theoriginalsourcefiles must be properly archived in text format for future updating, in addition to the run-time application itself.
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Data were abstracted from theoriginalsourcepublication by two independent, blinded research assistants.
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For brevity, details are not explained here, but readers can refer to theoriginalsource.
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But if this is his idea, his claim that enjoyment is anoriginalsourceof reasons seems suspect.
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Fitting tends to be segregated in specialist clinic sessions which may be held at a distance from theoriginalsourceof advice.
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The actual behaviour of the program at run-time is more important than the lexical relationships within theoriginalsourcecode.
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They may result from differences in housing conditions, handling or diet in the distinct colonies, or differences due to theoriginalsourceof the mice.
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Another nuanced version of thick description - in fact, this is theoriginalsourcefrom whence the term thick description emerged (see note 12) - is ethnography.
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The first of these is the provision of spoken language texts as orthographic transcriptions aligned and synchronised with theoriginalsourceaudio or video material.
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Italics designate the caption in theoriginalsource.
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Probably the greatest challenge for investigations spanning multiple countries is identifying theoriginalsourceof contamination.
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In this respect, it reads like anoriginalsourceitself.
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An environment is a list of values that represents the runtime values assumed by variables free in theoriginalsourceterm.
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The following lemma guarantees that the reducibility in theoriginalsourcelanguage semantics and that in the revised semantics are equivalent for well-typed programs.
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Both mean that the myth becomes further entrenched : as one moves further from theoriginalsource, claims lose their original qualifications.
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Theoriginalsourceof the information, the suggestion, was forgotten although the memory of the suggested event endured.
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From an exchange point of view, however, theoriginalsourceof the funds invested did not matter much.
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It is important to make the distinction between the sound object (perceived sound) and the material object (originalsource).
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It was impossible to determine theoriginalsourceof contamination despite inquiries with the country of origin.
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The subjects were also asked if they had 'discussed how pregnancy occurs with anyone else' (other than theoriginalsource).
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