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origins

/ˈɔrɪdʒɪnz/ /ˈɒrɪdʒɪnz/

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noun

Origines, débuts

The beginning of something.

Examples :

"The origins of the school play can be traced back to a student's creative idea. "

Les origines de la pièce de théâtre de l'école remontent à l'idée créative d'un élève.

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noun

Origine, source

The source of a river, information, goods, etc.

Examples :

"The origins of many popular foods can be traced back to ancient civilizations. "

Les origines de nombreux aliments populaires peuvent être retracées jusqu'aux civilisations anciennes.

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noun

Origine

The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.

Examples :

"In math class, we learned that the origins of the x and y axes on a graph meet at the point (0,0). "

En cours de maths, nous avons appris que les origines des axes x et y d'un graphique se rencontrent au point (0,0).

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noun

Origine

The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.

Examples :

"The physical therapy student carefully studied the diagram, pointing out the origins of the biceps muscle on the scapula. "

L'étudiant en physiothérapie a attentivement étudié le schéma, en indiquant l'origine du muscle biceps sur l'omoplate.

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Origine, point de départ

An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.

Examples :

"To easily measure the growth of our sunflower, we marked the corner of the garden bed as the origins of our coordinate system. "

Pour mesurer facilement la croissance de notre tournesol, nous avons marqué le coin du parterre de jardin comme point de départ de notre système de coordonnées.

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Ascendance, origines

(in the plural) Ancestry.

Examples :

"Many people are interested in learning about their family's origins to understand their history. "

Beaucoup de gens sont intéressés à en apprendre davantage sur les origines de leur famille pour comprendre leur histoire.