a facility where something is available | the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment |
anything that provides inspiration for later work | machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences |
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems |
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to | |
the place where something begins, where it springs into being | |
anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies | |
someone who originates or causes or initiates something | |
a person who supplies information | |
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system | |