origami

Meanings

Noun

• The Japanese art of paper folding.
• A piece of art made by folding paper.
• The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
• The materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
• The mathematics field that studies folding two-dimensional surfaces into three-dimensional structures, using folds and creases akin to those in the art of origami.

Verb

• To construct by means of decorative paper folding.

Origin

• Borrowed from Japanese , from + .