source - definition and translation

source activity source address source admittance source alphabet source and application of funds source and application of funds statement source and disposition of funds source arc source assessment source bottle source code source code escrow source code management source codec source computer source count source country source data source data card source data item source database source deck source dictionary source document source editor source electrode source encoding source evaluation source fiber

Большой англо-русский словарь:

source
1. имя существительное
1) исток; верховье
2) источник, ключ
      Например: Sources dry up. — Источники пересыхают.
      Синоним(ы):
      spring
3) начало, первоисточник, (перво)причина; источник (информации)
      Например: government sources — источники (информации) в правительстве
      unreliable source — ненадежный источник
      reputable / trustworthy source — достоверный источник
      undisclosed / unnamed source — неназванный источник
      energy source — источник энергии
      well-placed source — информированный источник, достоверный источник
      to cite sources — ссылаться на, цитировать источники
      to disclose / indicate / reveal one's sources — раскрывать свои источники (информации)
      It is best to make inquiries at the original sources. — Лучше наводить справки, пользуясь первоисточниками.
      A well-placed source says the minister will resign. — По сведениям из достоверного источника министр уйдёт в отставку.
      Синоним(ы):
      origin
4) документ
5)
   а) происхождение
   б) (sources) предки
2. глагол
1) черпать, получать
      Например: parts and materials sourced from abroad — детали и материалы, поставляемые из-за границы
2) установить происхождение

Англо-русский словарь компьютерных терминов:

source
1) источник
диск, файл, документ или область памяти, откуда данные перемещаются или копируются
Антоним(ы):
destination
2) смотри source code
3) (в бизнесе) источник поставок; поставщик
4) абстрактное представление производителя (генератора) потока информации (stream), которая постоянно потребляется соответствующим получателем (sink)

Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов:

source
1. имя существительное
1) общая лексика источник; начало, первопричина, первоисточник
      Например: source of income — источник дохода
      sources of international law — источники международного права
2) маркетинговый термин ресурс, источник (канал продажи, привлекший заказ или потребителя)
      Смотри:
      original source, prior source, latest source, source evaluation
3) т. граф. вход (произвольная вершина графа, служащая точкой начала отсчета при решении прикладной задачи)
      Синоним(ы):
      entry, input
2. глагол
общеэкономический термин находить ресурсы [поставщика], приобретать (находить источник какого-либо ресурса внутри организации или на рынке)
      Например: to source materials — находить поставщиков материалов
      There is a purchasing department to source materials. — Для того, чтобы находить поставщиков материалов, существует отдел закупок.
      consumers are able to source products from many outlets — потребители могут приобретать продукт во многих магазинах
      So where to source: local or global? — Где же искать поставщиков: локально или глобально?

Англо-русский научно-технический словарь:

source
1) исток
2) источник, начало
3) первоисточник; первопричина
4) верховье (реки)
   - alternate supply source
   - arc source
   - artificial light source
- axial point source
   - bare source
   - beta source
   - capillary-arc source
   - capillary-type ion source
   - clock pulse source
   - constant-current source
   - cosmic source
   - dipole source
   - directional source
   - dislocation source
   - distributed source
   - electron-emitting source
   - equal-energy source
   - ergodic source
   - exhausted source
   - external source
   - field source
   - finite source
   - Frank-Read source
   - gamma source
   - gamma-ray source
   - gas emission source
   - gas-discharge light source
- ground power source
   - heat source
   - hollow source
   - impulse source
   - incoherent source
   - industrial gamma ray source
   - infinite source
   - information source
   - infrared source
   - ionization source
   - isotope source
   - Josephson source
   - light source
   - line source
   - luminescent light source
   - lumped source
   - message source
   - mobile gamma ray source
- modulated light source
   - negative-ion source
   - noise source
   - nuclear radiation source
   - nuclear source
   - on-board power source
   - periodic source
   - perturbation source
   - plane source
   - plasma source
   - plasma-excitation source
   - point source
   - power source
   - primary source
   - pulsed source
   - pump source
   - radiation source
   - radio source
   - radioactive light source
   - radioactive source
   - regular source
   - ring source
   - sandwiched source
   - second source
   - slit source
   - solid-state light source
   - sound source
   - source of ambiguity
   - source of automaton
   - source of digraph
   - source of error
   - source of field
   - source of inaccuracy
   - source of nonhomogeneity
   - source of uncertainty
   - source of variance
   - source of variation
   - spark light source
   - spark source
   - standard source
   - stationary source
   - steady source
   - swept-signal source
   - telephone traffic source
   - thermal-neutron source
   - transient source
   - virtual source
   - voltage source
   - volume source
   - vortex source
   - vorticity source
   - welding source
   - white source

Англо-русский политехнический словарь:

source
1) источник
2) отправитель (сообщений)
3) исток, истоковая область (полевого транзистора)
4) неустойчивый фокус (на фазовой плоскости)
5) исходная программа, исходный текст, исходный код
6) исходный
7) поставщик (продукции)
- ac source
- acoustic source
- adjustable voltage source
- air-gun source
- alternative energy sources
- area electron source
- audio source
- band-shaped heat source
- central heat source
- chemical current source
- chemical source of electric energy
- cold cathode source
- color black source
- compressional source
- constant-current welding source
- constant-potential welding source
- constant-power welding source
- constant-voltage welding source
- controllable voltage source
- current source
- data source
- dc source
- decaying source
- diffused sources
- diffusion source
- dipole source
- dislocation source
- distant radiation source
- dopant source
- duoplasmatron ion source
- dust source
- dynamite source
- earthquake source
- electrical potential source
- electron bombardment ion source
- emergency source
- emission source
- energy source
- ergodic source
- evaporation source
- excitation source
- explosion source
- external heat source
- external noise source
- extragalaxy source
- extraterrestrial energy source
- far infrared source
- feed source
- field ion source
- FIR source
- fossil-fueled heat source
- galaxy source
- gas-discharge light source
- Gaussian source
- grounded-wire source
- hammer energy source
- hammer source
- harmonic source
- heat source
- high-temperature heat source
- high-voltage source
- hollow cathode source
- horn-type source
- hot cathode source
- ideal current source
- ideal voltage source
- image source
- impulse source
- impulsive energy source
- impurity source
- indirect pollution source
- infinite line source
- infrared source
- intermittent light source
- internal heat source
- interplanetary source
- intrinsic noise source
- ion source
- IR source
- jamming source
- key source
- land-based source
- laser source
- light source
- line heat source
- line pollution source
- line source
- logging source
- long-wave infrared source
- loop source
- low-temperature heat source
- luminescent light source
- magnetron sputtering source
- man-made radiation source
- marine energy source
- maritime pollution source
- memory source
- memoryless source
- message source
- midwave infrared source
- mobile pollution source
- monochromatic source
- moving heat source
- multibeam ion source
- natural radiation source
- near infrared source
- near-surface source
- neutron source
- NIR source
- noise source
- noise-like source
- nonconventional power sources
- nonexplosive source
- nonnuclear energy source
- nonterrestrial energy source
- nuclear energy source
- nuclear heat source
- object source
- optical source
- part program source
- percussion-type source
- percussion source
- photochemical pollution source
- photovoltaic power source
- picture source
- plasma ion source
- plasmatron ion source
- point fission source
- point heat source
- point light source
- point source
- pollution energy source
- pollution source
- pollution-free energy source
- power-supply source
- program source
- projection light source
- pumping source
- quasi-stellar radio source
- quasi-stellar source
- radiation source
- radio-noise source
- reactive power source
- reactor source
- reference source
- reference-voltage source
- refrigeration source
- regulated dc source
- renewable energy sources
- renewable fuel source
- seismic energy source
- seismic source
- shock source
- short-wave infrared source
- shot source
- signal source
- solar power source
- sound source
- source of cold
- source of energy
- source of heat
- source of radiation
- source of river
- spark light source
- spark source
- spotlight source
- standard light source
- standard neutron source
- start-up neutron source
- stationary source
- surface heat source
- telluric source
- terrestrial energy source
- thermal source
- thermoelectric power source
- thermoelectric source
- thermophotovoltaic power source
- transportation pollution source
- ultraviolet source
- underwater source
- uniform light source
- unit-strength source
- UV source
- vibration source
- vibroseis source
- video source
- virtual source
- voltage source
- water source
- weak source

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:

source
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English sours, from Anglo-French surse spring, source, from past participle of surdre to rise, spring forth, from Latin surgere — more at surge
Date: 14th century
1.
a. a generative force ; cause
b.
(1) a point of origin or procurement ; beginning
(2) one that initiates ; author; also prototype, model
(3) one that supplies information
2.
a. the point of origin of a stream of water ; fountainhead
b. archaic spring, fount
3. a firsthand document or primary reference work
4. an electrode in a field-effect transistor that supplies the charge carriers for current flow — compare drain, gate
Synonyms: see origin
• sourceless adjective
II. transitive verb
(sourced; sourcing)
Date: 1957
1. to specify the source of (as quoted material)
2. to obtain from a source
Example: metals sourced from abroad
III. adjective
Date: 1959
of, relating to, or being source code
Example: a source file

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing:

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