Sine qua non ( ) or condicio sine qua non (plural condiciones sine quibus non ) refers to an indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient.

Thirdly, the sine of phases between buses is zero.

Each oscillator can produce sine waves which may also be modified into 3 other waveforms the negative part of the sine can be muted or inverted, and pseudo sawtooth waves (1 4 sine waves upward only with silent sections in between) can also be produced.

The active participation of civil society is a sine qua non.

Indeed, this has become a sine qua non of democratic government throughout the world.

The word idea drawings, and that's the sine qua non of New Yorker cartoons.

The functions sine and cosine take values between 1 and 1 ( 1 and 1 included).

Democracy and security constitute the sine qua non condition for effective, sustained and equitable development.

Signing of the Charter was a sine qua non for membership of the Caribbean Community.

E. The principle of nullum crimen sine lege and definitions of terrorism and terrorist related offences

The fact that rules and punishments constitute basic elements of penal norms which is, moreover, expressed in the universally accepted principle nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege, must be reflected in the statute of any court which applies the law.

Now, imagine, if you will, without getting too technical, I'm making a little sine wave here in the air.

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An overall view is a sine qua non for genuine accountability in respect of States' international human rights commitments.

The participation of creditor banks, which had long been the conditio sine qua non for Merkel, was downgraded to optional status.

I would add that, in such a context, a strengthening of UNOCI troops seems to us a sine qua non and very urgent.

If the sine qua non of recovery via austerity is the stabilization and reduction of debt, the cynics case appears to have been made.

Whatever their approach, States should be guided by the principle of legality or nullum crimen sine lege when drafting anti terrorist laws and treaties.

Belonging to a local community is a condition sine qua non, even in certain conditions land could be attributed to individuals of another community.

He has, quite rightly, made the re establishment of confidence between the parties a sine qua non for the relaunching of the peace process.

According to the principle nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege, which is the basis of our legal system, absence of a punishment constitutes an impediment to the application of the norm (no agreement has been reached on the penalties to be included in the draft Code, although it has been decided that their inclusion is absolutely necessary).

Iraq s militias will not go quietly, yet their dissolution is essential for long term stability, itself a sine qua non for stability in the region.

Sixth, establish well planned and synchronized programs for demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration, which are sine qua non for making the transition from war to peace irreversible.

Definitions of terrorist crimes must be in conformity with all applicable international norms such as nullum crimen sine lege or the principle of individual criminal responsibility.

Peak values can be calculated from RMS values from the above formula, which implies V p V RMS 2, assuming the source is a pure sine wave.

The disarmament of armed groups is, in our view, the sine qua non for restoring stability on the island and for the success of the transitional process.

The Obama administration must seize the initiative and insist that Netanyahu unequivocally support Israeli withdrawal from the Occupied Territories the sine qua non for a two state solution.

Whatever else might divide development economists, they are in broad agreement that rapid and sustained economic growth is a sine qua non for tackling abject levels of poverty.

Respect for those principles is a sine qua non condition for the creation of an adequate environment for humanitarian intervention, whether inside or outside the United Nations umbrella.

In that context, we support the Group's position that a verifiable treaty on fissile materials is a sine qua non for the effective cessation of a nuclear arms race.

The case concerned the alleged violation of the principle that only the law can define a crime (nullum crimen sine lege) by a French statute implementing an EC directive.

Since corruption fights back, and most corrupt officials can afford to hire the best lawyers, adequate funding of anti corruption mechanisms is therefore a sine qua non for their success.

Respect by all parties for their obligations under the Treaty is a sine qua non if this framework for collective security is to be preserved in the decades to come.

I am convinced that, in a world beset by instability, the eradication of hunger is a sine qua non condition for the emergence of a more stable and peaceful international order.

On an average adjusted day, a solar cell because the sun's moving across the sky, the solar cell is going down with a sine wave function of performance at the off axis angles.

32. As the Working Group notes in paragraph 493 of the report, article 15 (1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) embodies the principle of nullem crimen sine lege.

Well, if I turn up the amplitude too much, I'm having an effect on the pressure, which means during the making of that sine wave, the speed at which it is propagating is shifting.

And I'll just say what I'm about to do. What I'm about to do I hope you can recognize that there's a distorted sine wave, almost a triangular wave upon this Hewlett Packard oscilloscope.

The announced return to the country on 24 August 2005 of Henri Konan Bédié, former President and leader of the opposition party, the Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) was also postponed sine die.

The adoption of practical measures that will help provide effective and comprehensive access by victims to reparations is a sine qua non condition for achieving progress in strengthening the system established by the Court.

Indeed, this has become a sine qua non of democratic government throughout the world. When the United States adopted its Freedom of Information Act in 1966, it joined the exclusive company of Sweden and Finland.

As stated in paragraph 32 above, Australia believes that the starting point in considering the question of penalties must be article 15 (1) of the ICCPR which embodies the principle of nulla poena sine lege.

Although nowadays it exercises its functions in a broad variety of fields, those activities should not distract us from the sine qua non of the Organization's existence, that is, the quest for peace among nations.

The functions sine and cosine can be traced to the jyā and koti jyā functions used in Gupta period Indian astronomy ( Aryabhatiya , Surya Siddhanta ), via translation from Sanskrit to Arabic and then from Arabic to Latin.

Sustainable peace, economic development, observance of human rights and social cohesion definitely need international assistance, but the sine qua non for success is that the people and their leaders mobilize and act together to obtain that goal.