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demonstration
English
Etymology
From Middle English demonstracioun, from Old French demonstration, from Latin demonstrationem, from demonstrare (“show or explain”), from de- (“of or concerning”) + monstrare (“show”).Morphologically demonstrate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?m?n?st?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
demonstration (countable and uncountable, plural demonstrations)
- The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner. (clarification of this definition is needed)
- An event at which something will be demonstrated.
- I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
- Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
- A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
- A show of military force.
- A mathematical proof.
- a. 1697, John Aubrey, Brief Lives, s.v. Thomas Hobbes:
- He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.
- a. 1697, John Aubrey, Brief Lives, s.v. Thomas Hobbes:
Related terms
- demonstrable
- demonstrate
- demonstrator
- monster
- remonstration
- demo
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????????? (demonsutor?shon)
Translations
Anagrams
- nonmeditators
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dem?nsd????o?n/
Noun
demonstration c (singular definite demonstrationen, plural indefinite demonstrationer)
- demonstration
Declension
Further reading
- “demonstration” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “demonstration” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
demonstration From the web:
- what demonstration mean
- what demonstration is given to show diffusion
- what demonstrations are in london today
- what demonstration method
- what demonstration is going on in london today
- what demonstrations are happening in london today
- what does demonstration mean
- what is an example of demonstration
axiom
English
Etymology
From Middle French axiome in the 15th century, from Latin axi?ma (“axiom; principle”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma, “that which is thought to fit, a requisite, that which a pupil is required to know beforehand, a self-evident principle”), from ????? (axió?, “to think fit or worthy, to require, to demand”), from ????? (áxios, “fit, worthy”, literally “weighing as much as; of like value”), from ??? (ág?, “I drive”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?aks.?.?m/
- (General American) enPR: ?k's??m, IPA(key): /?æks.i.?m/
- Hyphenation: ax?i?om
Noun
axiom (plural axioms or axiomata) (the latter is becoming less common and is sometimes considered archaic)
- (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
- (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
- An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
Synonyms
- (philosophy, mathematics): axioma (now rare)
- (logic, mathematics): postulate
Hypernyms
- (logic): well-formed formula, wff, WFF
Hyponyms
- (mathematics): axiom of choice, axiom of infinity, axiom of pairing, axiom of power set, axiom of regularity, axiom of union, completeness axiom, parallel axiom
Holonyms
- (logic): formal system
Derived terms
- axiomatic
- axiomatical
- axiomatically
- axiomatise, axiomatize
- axiomatisation, axiomatization
Translations
See also
References
- axiom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- axiom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading
- axiom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- amoxi
Czech
Noun
axiom m
- axiom
Derived terms
- axiom výb?ru m
Related terms
- axiomatický
- axiomatizovat
- axiomatizace
Swedish
Noun
axiom n
- axiom
Declension
Related terms
- axiomatisk
axiom From the web:
- what axiom means
- what axiom of equality applies to this statement
- what does axiom mean
- what is a axiom
- what is an axiom example
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