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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
origami
noun
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▪ An analogy is origami - paper folding.
▪ And just what, you ask, is origami anyway?
▪ It seems pretty obvious they both attend the same origami evening class.
▪ It started much smaller with just origami insects.
▪ It twisted into an origami boat and sailed off towards a sewer inlet.
▪ To follow the analogy with origami, we need to know where to fold the paper.
▪ Tortoise-necked, he reads the price aloud and fingers do their automatic origami.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
origami

1956, from Japanese origami, from ori "fold" + kami "paper."

Wiktionary
origami

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The Japanese art of paper folding. 2 (context countable English) A piece of art made by folding paper.

WordNet
origami

n. the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)

Wikipedia
Origami

) is the art of paper folding, which is often associated with Japanese culture. In modern usage, the word "origami" is used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat sheet square of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques. Modern origami practitioners generally discourage the use of cuts, glue, or markings on the paper. Origami folders often use the Japanese word to refer to designs which use cuts, although cutting is more characteristic of Chinese papercrafts.

The small number of basic origami folds can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. The best-known origami model is the Japanese paper crane. In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper whose sides may be of different colors, prints, or patterns. Traditional Japanese origami, which has been practiced since the Edo period (1603–1867), has often been less strict about these conventions, sometimes cutting the paper or using nonsquare shapes to start with. The principles of origami are also used in stents, packaging and other engineering applications.

Origami (magic trick)

Origami is a magic stage illusion with a Japanese paperfolding theme, designed by Jim Steinmeyer. It was originally performed in 1986 by Canadian illusionist Doug Henning, using a working prop constructed by illusion builder John Gaughan. Illusionist David Copperfield later introduced presentational changes that would be widely copied by other performers.

Origami (disambiguation)

Origami is the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding.

Origami may also refer to:

  • Bulbophyllum origami, a species of orchid
  • DNA origami, the folding of DNA to create two- and three-dimensional shapes at the nanoscale
  • Origami (magic trick), a stage illusion with a Japanese paperfolding theme
  • Project Origami, an early codename for Microsoft's Ultra-Mobile PC

Usage examples of "origami".

How does he manage to make an origami move, to make a bunny sing or a reindeer fly?

When Afra begged to be taught how to do origami foldings, Damitcha produced an instruction tape for him and even gave him several sheets of his special coloured papers.

Capell, Damitcha presented Afra with a box of origami papers, all sizes and many beautiful shades and patterns.

He used his strong hands to fracture the seal and brought out the lamp, crafted like one of his origami herons in a delicate ceramic.

Afra was just about to give up on an intricate origami dinosaur he had been trying to create for young Jeran, his buzzer beeped.

Without any regard for etiquette he summoned the nearest piece of paper to him - oddly it was a sheet of fine origami paper and a pen.

Afra taught Damia how to do complicated origami until she was almost as fast fashioning them as he was.

In those split seconds of solitude, I reached back and sure enough, there was a piece of notebook paper, folded into an intricate origami square that opened and closed like a flower.

Marcus must have been called down to the office right after he gave me the origami mouth.

Long enough to have a dream about an origami mouth trying to swallow me up.

Of course, not even Sara could procure the bit of information I needed most: the message inside the origami mouth.

She passed down a row of empty desks, perching origami animals at the center of each.

As usual, Afra demured and took from his belt pouch a half-folded origami, his special form of relaxation.

They d gone to the theater together, tried out newly opened restaurants together, taken classes not only in origami but in papier mqche, conversational Russian and ballet.

Ellen Cherry recognized the signs: a fluttering of his girlish lashes, a relaxing of the origami creases in his forehead.