A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
Firm or successful in resisting.
Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
Used in proving or testing.
To make resistant, especially to water.
To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
To proofread.
To test the activeness of yeast.
To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
The time during which legal courts are open.
Certain days on which rent is paid.
Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
Relations among people.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
One whose employment has been terminated
Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
To terminate one's employment
Born or delivered at term.