(copyright law) A threshold of creativity and originality that has to be met in order for a work to be considered a work of art and thus copyrightable.

A place where something comes from or originates.

(UK, of a person) Having mixed racial, ethnic, or national parentage or ancestry. This term was promoted as an alternative to “mixed race” in a 1994 resolution of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, in part because of its correlation to mid-twentieth-century British laws using the phrase “race or ethnic or national origins”, but did not see wide use outside of the UK anthropology field.

(simile) Very original.

that has originated from itself

plural of original sin

(cinematography) The aspect ratio of the rectangular shape that the director intended his or her motion picture to be viewed in, as opposed to modified aspect ratio.

plural of book of original entry

(Philippines) any musical composition created by a Filipino, whether the lyrics be in Filipino, English, or in any other language or dialect

A record book in which all transactions (or all of a certain class) of a business are recorded and from entries are made in accounting records such as the general ledger or subsidiary ledgers.