A point of origin from which ideas or influences, for example, originate

• root

  1. The usually underground portion of a plant that lacks buds, leaves, or nodes and serves as support, draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and sometimes stores food.
  2. Any of various other underground plant parts, especially an underground stem such as a rhizome, corm, or tuber.
  3. The embedded part of an organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, that serves as a base or support.

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  1. The usually underground portion of a plant that lacks buds, leaves, or nodes and serves as support, draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and sometimes stores food.
  2. Any of various other underground plant parts, especially an underground stem such as a rhizome, corm, or tuber.
  3. The embedded part of an organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, that serves as a base or support.

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• quick

  1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
  2. Learning, thinking, or understanding with speed and dexterity; bright:
  3. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen:

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  1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
  2. Learning, thinking, or understanding with speed and dexterity; bright:
  3. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen:

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• heart

  1. The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.
  2. A similarly functioning structure in invertebrates.
  3. The area that is the approximate location of the heart in the body; the breast.

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  1. The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.
  2. A similarly functioning structure in invertebrates.
  3. The area that is the approximate location of the heart in the body; the breast.

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• focus

  1. The distinctness or clarity of an image rendered by an optical system.
  2. The state of maximum distinctness or clarity of such an image:
  3. An apparatus used to adjust the focal length of an optical system in order to make an image distinct or clear:

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  1. The distinctness or clarity of an image rendered by an optical system.
  2. The state of maximum distinctness or clarity of such an image:
  3. An apparatus used to adjust the focal length of an optical system in order to make an image distinct or clear:

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• core

  1. The central or innermost part:
  2. The hard or fibrous central part of certain fruits, such as the apple or pear, containing the seeds.
  3. The basic or most important part; the crucial element or essence:

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  1. The central or innermost part:
  2. The hard or fibrous central part of certain fruits, such as the apple or pear, containing the seeds.
  3. The basic or most important part; the crucial element or essence:

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• center

  1. A point or place that is equally distant from the sides or outer boundaries of something; the middle:
  2. A point equidistant from the vertices of a regular polygon.
  3. A point equidistant from all points on the circumference of a circle or on the surface of a sphere.

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  1. A point or place that is equally distant from the sides or outer boundaries of something; the middle:
  2. A point equidistant from the vertices of a regular polygon.
  3. A point equidistant from all points on the circumference of a circle or on the surface of a sphere.

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• bottom

  1. The deepest or lowest part:
  2. The part closest to a reference point:
  3. The underside:

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  1. The deepest or lowest part:
  2. The part closest to a reference point:
  3. The underside:

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A place of concentrated activity, influence, or importance

• seat

  1. Something, such as a chair or bench, that may be sat on:
  2. The part on which one rests in sitting:
  3. A place in which one may sit:

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  1. Something, such as a chair or bench, that may be sat on:
  2. The part on which one rests in sitting:
  3. A place in which one may sit:

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• heart

  1. The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.
  2. A similarly functioning structure in invertebrates.
  3. The area that is the approximate location of the heart in the body; the breast.

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  1. The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.
  2. A similarly functioning structure in invertebrates.
  3. The area that is the approximate location of the heart in the body; the breast.

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• headquarters

  1. The offices of a commander, as of a military unit, from which orders are issued.
  2. A center of operations or administration:

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  1. The offices of a commander, as of a military unit, from which orders are issued.
  2. A center of operations or administration:

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• focus

  1. The distinctness or clarity of an image rendered by an optical system.
  2. The state of maximum distinctness or clarity of such an image:
  3. An apparatus used to adjust the focal length of an optical system in order to make an image distinct or clear:

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  1. The distinctness or clarity of an image rendered by an optical system.
  2. The state of maximum distinctness or clarity of such an image:
  3. An apparatus used to adjust the focal length of an optical system in order to make an image distinct or clear:

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• center

  1. A point or place that is equally distant from the sides or outer boundaries of something; the middle:
  2. A point equidistant from the vertices of a regular polygon.
  3. A point equidistant from all points on the circumference of a circle or on the surface of a sphere.

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  1. A point or place that is equally distant from the sides or outer boundaries of something; the middle:
  2. A point equidistant from the vertices of a regular polygon.
  3. A point equidistant from all points on the circumference of a circle or on the surface of a sphere.

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