different between origin vs launching

English

Etymology

From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin origo (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.?.d??n/, /???.?.d??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.?.d??n/, /???.d??n/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /???.?.d??n/

Noun

origin (plural origins)

1. The beginning of something.
2. The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:

     It is clear that the origin of the truth would be an admirable criterion of this sort, if only the various origins could be discriminated from one another from this point of view, and the history of dogmatic opinion shows that origin has always been a favorite test. Origin in immediate intuition; origin in pontifical authority; origin in supernatural revelation, as by vision, hearing, or unaccountable impression; origin in direct possession by a higher spirit, expressing itself in prophecy and warning; origin in automatic utterance generally,—these origins have been stock warrants for the truth of one opinion after another which we find represented in religious history.

   Synonym: source

3. (mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.

   Synonym: zero vector

4. (anatomy) The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
5. (cartography) An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
6. (in the plural) Ancestry.

Synonyms

• (beginning): See Thesaurus:beginning

Antonyms

• (beginning): end
• (source): destination
• (anatomy): insertion

Derived terms

Related terms

• orient

Translations

See also

• provenance

Further reading

• origin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• origin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• nigori

English

Verb

launching

1. present participle of launch

Noun

launching (plural launchings)

1. The act by which something is launched; a launch.

   The launching of the Titanic.

   • 2010, Raymond Friedman, A History of Jet Propulsion, Including Rockets (page 123)

     By 1940 they had conducted 25 successful launchings of A5 rockets, which reached 10 miles altitude and had a range of 12 miles.

Usage notes

• Launch suggests an event at a point in time. Launching suggests a process over time.

Translations