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provenance

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Synonyms: prevenance, sovenance, prevenancy, provenience, provence, provenances, provance, provenale, prã©venance

Antonyms: prevenance, sovenance, prevenancy, provenience, provence, provenances, provance, provenale, prã©venance

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Noun

  1. Place or source of origin.
  2. {{lb|en|archaeology}} The place and time of origin of some [[artifact]] or other object. See '''Usage notes''' below.
  3. {{lb|en|arts}} The history of ownership of a work of art.
  4. {{lb|en|computing}} The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data used to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance).
  5. {{lb|en|computing}} The execution history of computer processes which were used to compute a final piece of data (process provenance).
  6. {{lb|en|of a person}} Background; history; place of origin.

Verb

  1. To establish the provenance of something

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