Fermat's principle in French
Fermat's principle in French is principe de Fermat.
Fermat's principle in French
principe de Fermat
(physics, optics) The principle, which links geometrical optics (or "ray optics") with wave optics, that the path traversed by a ray between two given points is: (in the original "strong" formulation) the one that takes the least time, or (in a weaker but more general formulation) one that takes a time that is "stationary" with respect to variations of the path (so that, loosely speaking, a small change in the ray path entails a very small change in the traversal time).
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"Fermat's principle" in French is principe de Fermat.
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