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Gillyflower Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

source

Hi,

In WordNet Dictionary source is defined as follow:
"((technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide")
Can "source" be a process?

Thanks!
  

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gillyflower Can "source" be a process? Evidently it can as a technological term. Note that the definition is specific to the field of technology.

— Mister Micawber

  • gillyflower Can "source" be a process?
  • Evidently it can as a technological term.
  • Note that the definition is specific to the field of technology.
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gillyflowerCan "source" be a process?
Evidently it can as a technological term. Note that the definition is specific to the field of technology.
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Thank you, would you please explain more why it is a process? From the examples given (a heat source; a source of carbon dioxide) it seems to me that it is a body.

Thanks again?
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gillyflowera heat source
Burning coal (a heat source) is the chemical process of combustion. In that process, long carbon molecules are converted into simpler molecules such as carbon dioxide and water, releasing energy in the form of heat and light.

hydrocarbon + O2? CO2 + H2O

Charcoal is not a heat source until it is on fire. When it
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