uncertainty principle in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for uncertainty principle in the English»French Dictionary

uncertainty principle N

uncertainty principle

principe m d'incertitude

Translations for uncertainty principle in the English»French Dictionary

uncertainty [Brit ʌnˈsəːt(ə)nti, Am ˌənˈsərtn(t)i] N

uncertainty

incertitude f (about en ce qui concerne)

there is some uncertainty surrounding the project

l'avenir du projet est quelque peu incertain

the uncertainties of life/of the market

les incertitudes de la vie/du marché

principle [Brit ˈprɪnsɪp(ə)l, Am ˈprɪnsəpəl] N

1. principle (basic tenet):

principle

principe m

run on socialist principles

géré selon des principes socialistes

2. principle (rule of conduct):

principle

principe m

to be against sb's principles

être contraire aux principes de qn (to do de faire)

to have high principles

avoir beaucoup de principes

on principle

par principe

it's the principle of the thing, it's a point of principle

c'est pour le principe

a woman of principle

une femme de principes

to make it a principle to do

avoir pour principe de faire

3. principle (scientific law):

principle

principe m

it relies on the principle that water evaporates

cela repose sur le principe que l'eau s'évapore

to get back to first principles

repartir sur des bases concrètes

in principle

en principe

uncertainty principle in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for uncertainty principle in the English»French Dictionary

uncertainty <-ies> N

uncertainty

incertitude f

I.principle [ˈprɪntsəpl] N

principle

principe m

on principle

par principe

II.principle [ˈprɪntsəpl] ADJ

principle person:

principle

qui a des principes

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Another is the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, which asserts the impossibility of simultaneously knowing both the position and the momentum of a particle.

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A similar relationship between duration in time and bandwidth in frequency also forms the mathematical basis for the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics.

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Some properties of the prior universe are not determinable however due to some kind of uncertainty principle.

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