Weyl's retention of gauge invariance as a structural principle was vindicated by its 1929 reinterpretation in quantum mechanics, suggesting the mathematical intuition tracked deep physical reality.
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Quantum mechanics(the scientific framework being discussed)
The science of how the tiniest things in the universe (atoms, electrons, photons) behave—which turns out to work very differently than everyday objects.
Reinterpretation(how Protagoras' ideas are being re-examined)
Explaining or understanding something in a new or different way than it was originally presented.
Structural principle(describing gauge invariance as foundational to physics)
A fundamental rule or pattern that forms the basic framework of how something works, like how the rules of grammar structure all sentences.