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English translation: eigen

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French term or phrase:	Propre
English translation:	eigen
Entered by:	loulou79

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09:39 Jan 19, 2012

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) / dispositif de contrôle d

French term or phrase: Propre

Hello,

Un but de la présente invention est de contrôler les interactions entre les deux modes propres de résonance optique générés et de contrôler de manière continue leurs fréquences propres F1 et F2

My translation :

A purpose of the present invention is to control the interactions between the two proper generated modes of optical resonance and to continually control their proper frequencies F1 and F2.

is "proper" ok here?
Thank you

loulou79

eigen

Explanation:
In scientific & mathematical contexts, "propre" invariably means "eigen". OK, I know it's German, and occasionally you do come across "proper", but generally they are eigenfrequencies, eigenvectors, eigenmodes, etc etc.

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Note added at 29 mins (2012-01-19 10:08:38 GMT)
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See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigenvalues_and_eigenvectors
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eigenmode

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-19 10:51:46 GMT)
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Sometimes also called "characteristic" modes, frequencies, etc. For French refs. see (for example) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Résonance#Modes_propres