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origami

[ awr-i-gah-mee ]

noun

plural origamis
  1. the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
  2. an object made by origami.


origami

/ ˌɒ°ùɪˈɡɑ˳¾Éª /

noun

  1. the art or process, originally Japanese, of paper folding
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of origami1

1920–25; < Japanese, equivalent to ori fold + -gami, combining form of kami paper
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of origami1

from Japanese, from ori a folding + kami paper
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Fabrics are variously folded like origami, appliqued, quilted, embroidered, beaded, gathered, pleated, printed, felted, dyed, etched, lasered and layered.

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Hardest look Blount: Building some of the more statuesque wigs with cages and creating hair origami to add to them.

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It could be made of paper, like an origami cube.

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The method uses 'DNA origami', so-called as it uses the natural folding power of DNA, the building blocks of human life, to create new and useful biological structures.

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Kautilya is hoping to study A-level further maths and physics, but outside of the schoolroom, he enjoys origami, swimming, badminton and playing with his little brother.

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