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  2. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  3. Logistics - Wikipedia

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    A warehouse in South Jersey, a U.S. East Coast epicenter for logistics and warehouse construction outside Philadelphia, where trucks deliver slabs of granite [1]. Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption according to the needs of customers.

  4. Point of origin - Wikipedia

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    Point of Origin, a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell "Point of Origin", an episode of season 5 of the US medical drama ER "Point of Origin" (The Inside episode) Point of Origin (There for Tomorrow album), 2004; Point of Origin (Person of Interest), 2014 "Point of Origin" (The Twilight Zone), 2019 episode of the television series The ...

  5. Anatomical terms of location - Wikipedia

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    Unfortunately, different authors use the terms in opposite senses. Some consider "distal" as further from a point of origin near the centre of the body and others as further from where the organ reaches the body's surface; or other points of origin may be envisaged. [31]

  6. Zero point - Wikipedia

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    Zero-point energy, the minimum energy a quantum mechanical system may have; Zero-point field, a synonym for the vacuum state in quantum field theory; Hofstadter zero-point, a special point associated with every plane triangle; Point of origin (disambiguation) Triple zero (disambiguation) Point Zero (disambiguation)

  7. Cartesian coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    A Cartesian coordinate system for a three-dimensional space consists of an ordered triplet of lines (the axes) that go through a common point (the origin), and are pair-wise perpendicular; an orientation for each axis; and a single unit of length for all three axes. As in the two-dimensional case, each axis becomes a number line.

  8. Hypocenter - Wikipedia

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    In seismology, the hypocenter of an earthquake is its point of origin below ground; a synonym is the focus of an earthquake. [3] Generally, the terms ground zero and surface zero are also used in relation to epidemics, and other disasters to mark the point of the most severe damage or destruction

  9. Origin (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The origin of a Cartesian coordinate system. In mathematics, the origin of a Euclidean space is a special point, usually denoted by the letter O, used as a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space. In physical problems, the choice of origin is often arbitrary, meaning any choice of origin will ultimately give the same ...