Fred Bauder wrote:
You need to clearly identify the source of your material whether you quote from it or not. If the information comes from it, cite it.
Paraphrasing is strange work. There are many ways to say something, but sometimes the language used in the original is simply the only good way to say something.
In some cases of dictionary definitions it may not just be the only good way, but the only way. Such things may not be copyrightable. For scientific terms in particular precision is required. If you vary too much from the source to avoid copyvios the science that results may be completely different.
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