sourcing

noun

a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

someone who originates or causes or initiates something

a person who supplies information

a facility where something is available

anything that provides inspiration for later work

a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

verb

specify the origin of

get (a product) from another country or business

Roots

surgosourc- · Latin · rise

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