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.
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.
A stumble or misstep.
A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
A trip-switch or cut-out.
Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
A flock of wigeons.
A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
A mechanical cutout device.
A faux pas, a social error.
To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
To be activated, as by a signal or an event
To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
To journey, to make a trip.
Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).