provisoriedade

English translation: transience

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Portuguese term or phrase:provisoriedade
English translation:transience
Entered by: Mark Robertson

20:25 Mar 19, 2020
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / statistics
Portuguese term or phrase: provisoriedade
" situações que envolvem a apropriação de uma linguagem probabilística conectada a ideias de incerteza, possibilidade e provisoriedade. "
I found "provisionary" and "provisionaly", none of which describe the concept IMHO.
any suggestions appreciated!
stay safe :)
Bett
Local time: 05:32
transience
Explanation:
transience: the quality of being transient (= temporary):

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/transien...

transient: lasting for only a short time; temporary:
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Mark Robertson
Local time: 09:32
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thank you Mark
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Summary of answers provided
4interim
Hilton F Santos
4interim / ad interim
Cássio Gabriel
3 +1temporariness/fugacity
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
4provisionality
Anderson Calixto
4transience
Mark Robertson


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interim


Explanation:

provisoriedade (MICHAELIS)
pro·vi·so·ri·e·da·de
sf
Qualidade ou caráter do que é provisório; transitoriedade.
interim (CONCISE OXFORD THESAURUS)
▶ noun in the interim they did more research: MEANTIME, meanwhile, intervening time.
▶ adjective an interim advisory body: PROVISIONAL, temporary, pro tem, stopgap, short-term, fill-in, caretaker, acting, intervening, transitional, makeshift, improvised, impromptu

Hilton F Santos
Brazil
Local time: 05:32
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interim / ad interim


Explanation:
Estes termos significam, respectivamente, "provisório" e "ao provisório".

Cássio Gabriel
Brazil
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
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temporariness/fugacity


Explanation:


https://www.linguee.pt/portugues-ingles/search?source=auto&q...

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 03:32
Native speaker of: Spanish

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agree  Clauwolf: p. supuesto
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provisionality


Explanation:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/provisionality

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=provisionality

Example sentence(s):
  • Deliberative democracy accepts the provisionality of its principles but rejects the provisionality of moral reasoning itself as a way of assessing politics.
Anderson Calixto
Brazil
Local time: 05:32
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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transience


Explanation:
transience: the quality of being transient (= temporary):

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/transien...

transient: lasting for only a short time; temporary:

Mark Robertson
Local time: 09:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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