de signes opposés
English translation: of opposite signs
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| 4 +1 | of opposite signs |
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| 4 | of opposite sign |
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| 4 | of opposite sign(s), with opposite sign(s), ...have opposite sign(s), |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1of opposite signs Explanation: Yes, "of opposite signs" i.e. one has has positive slope, the other a negative slope |
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of opposite sign Explanation: I would be equally happy writing that the slopes (or gradients) are "of opposite sign" or "of opposite signs" |
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of opposite sign(s), with opposite sign(s), ...have opposite sign(s), Explanation: There are numerous options for how you can say this in English, and both singular and plural are ok for sign(s): Here are examples of all of these options which I excerpted from published scientific papers found on the internet, along with the number of google hits (in parentheses), which I obtained by searching for "slopes * TERM" or "slopes TERM" (where term is the option presented below: of opposite sign: (73,100) "The two slopes must be of opposite sign. The slope is defined as a string of at least 2 adjacent points whose first differences are 5 0 and of the same sign ..." of opposite signs: (28,600) "Note that the extrapolated slopes versus temperature are of opposite signs in the ZFC and FC curves and there is a significant deviation in these two value" with opposite sign: (29,200) "As a result, plots of VH and VL versus R in such a system have essentially identical slopes with opposite sign. with opposite signs: (20,400) "...detected with the slopes with opposite signs compared with those detected along +x-direction" have opposite sign: (649) "The slopes have opposite sign, showing that AV is positive in the former case and negative in the latter" have opposite signs: (1,450) "Their slopes have opposite signs because of piezoelectric anisotropy. (Inset) Time-dependent frequency shift under the stepwise addition of ..." All six of the above examples come from published scientific papers. Based on frequency, it looks like there is a slight preference to use the singular of sign rather than the plural, and to use constructions with "of" more than the other constructions, but they are all options here. |
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