origami

noun

ori·​ga·​mi ˌȯr-ə-ˈgä-mē How to pronounce origami (audio)
: the Japanese art or process of folding squares of paper into representational shapes

Examples of origami in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Bleeding edge camera hardware is expensive, and with a foldable phone already requiring significant investment by customers, packing the latest optical hardware into a handset people will be buying in part down to the origami of the handset, there isn’t a pressing need to be at the top of the pile. Ewan Spence, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 The silhouettes of cranes have been woven into wedding kimonos and re-created out of origami paper. Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2024 An origami computer would be massively inefficient and impractical. Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024 In a study recently published in Cell Reports Physical Science, the scientists showed that paper coated in the metal can be crafted into origami shapes and re-fold itself. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 22 June 2023 These results occupy a quirky corner of math and, fittingly, have been produced by unlikely collaborations, involving a mathematician practicing origami with his wife and a professor teaching her undergraduates to play with paper. Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024 Take the kids: Visit the beautiful Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach on Saturday and make your own origami omamori, Japanese good luck charms for the new year. Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024 The team used a Miura-ori origami fold that occurs in leaves. Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2023 The new key—which sports an icon that looks a bit like a folded piece of origami—means users can summon AI features with a quick tap of the button instead of clicking through the taskbar on-screen. Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Japanese, from ori fold + kami paper

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of origami was in 1948

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“Origami.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/origami. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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origami

noun
ori·​ga·​mi ˌȯr-ə-ˈgäm-ē How to pronounce origami (audio)
: the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes

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