A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
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.
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.
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.
An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
A keepsake.
A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
A particular thing to which a concept applies.
A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
Something serving as an expression of something else.
A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
A tally.
A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
Done as an indication or a pledge.
Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
He was hired as the company's token black person.
Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
To betroth
To symbolize, instantiate
To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote