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proof
English
Etymology
From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probare (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.
Pronunciation
- (UK, Canada) enPR: pro?of, IPA(key): /p?u?f/
- (US) enPR: pro?of, IPA(key): /p?uf/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) enPR: pro?of, IPA(key): /p???f/
- Rhymes: -u?f
Noun
proof (countable and uncountable, plural proofs)
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,
- But the false Fox most kindly played his part,
- For whatsoever mother-wit or art
- Could work he put in proof. No practice sly,
- No counterpoint of cunning policy,
- No reach, no breach, that might him profit bring.
- But he the same did to his purpose wring.
- c. 1633, John Ford, Love's Sacrifice, Act 1, Scene 1,
- France I more praise and love; you are, my lord,
- Yourself for horsemanship much famed; and there
- You shall have many proofs to shew your skill.
- 1831, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry of Inorganic Bodies, Volume 2,
- A given quantity of the spirits was poured upon a quantity of gunpowder in a dish and set on fire. If at the end of the combustion, the gunpowder continued dry enough, it took fire and exploded; but if it had been wetted by the water in the spirits, the flame of the alcohol went out without setting the powder on fire. This was called the proof.
- 1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,
- (uncountable) 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.
- c.1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice,
- I'll have some proof.
- 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Over-Soul in Essays: First Series,
- It was a grand sentence of Emanuel Swedenborg, which would alone indicate the greatness of that man's perception, — "It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this is the mark and character of intelligence."
- 1990 October 16, Paul Simon, "Proof" in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.,
- Faith, faith is an island in the setting sun
- But proof, yes
- Proof is the bottom line for everyone
- c.1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice,
- 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.
- (obsolete) Experience of something.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- But the chaste damzell, that had never priefe / Of such malengine and fine forgerye, / Did easely beleeve her strong extremitye.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- (uncountable, obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) 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.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
- c.1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth,
- Till that Bellona's bridegroom, lapped in proof
- c.1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth,
- (US) 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.
Hyponyms
- artist's proof
- conditional proof
- printer's proof
- proof reader
- working proof
Derived terms
- burden of proof
- proof of concept
- prooflike
Related terms
- probe
- prove
Descendants
- ? Russian: ???? (pruf), ?????? (prúfy)
- ? Russian: ????????? (pruflínk, literally “proof + link”)
Translations
Adjective
proof (comparative more proof, superlative most proof)
- Used in proving or testing.
- Firm or successful in resisting.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1803, The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5, page426,
- This was a good, ?tout proof article of faith, pronounced under an anathema, by the venerable fathers of this philo?ophick ?ynod.
- quoted in 1818, Christopher Kelly, History of the French Revolution and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event
- The French cavalry, in proof armour, repeatedly charged our squares, their cannon opening chasms; but the British infantry, though greatly diminished, were inflexible and impenetrable to the last.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1803, The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5, page426,
- (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
proof (third-person singular simple present proofs, present participle proofing, simple past and past participle proofed)
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, firearms) 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.
- (transitive, cooking) To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
- (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of yeast.
Translations
Derived terms
- overproof
- proofing
- underproof
Further reading
- proof in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- proof in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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signal
English
Alternative forms
- signall
Etymology
From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin sign?le; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin sign?lis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?g?n?l, IPA(key): /?s??n?l/
- Hyphenation: sig?nal
Noun
signal (plural signals)
- A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
- Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
- A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
- An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
- My mobile phone can't get a signal in the railway station.
- An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
- A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
- There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen.
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
- Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- (biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells
Antonyms
- (useful information): noise
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- tocsin
Verb
signal (third-person singular simple present signals, present participle (UK) signalling or (US) signaling, simple past and past participle (UK) signalled or (US) signaled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal.
- (transitive) To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal.
- Seeing the flames, he ran to the control room and signalled headquarters.
Derived terms
- missignal
- oversignal
- undersignal
Translations
Adjective
signal (not comparable)
- Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.
- a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence
Synonyms
- eminent, noteworthy, significant; see also Thesaurus:important or Thesaurus:notable
Related terms
- signature (adjective)
Anagrams
- Saling, algins, aligns, lasing, liangs, lingas
Danish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin signale
Noun
signal n (singular definite signalet, plural indefinite signaler)
- a signal
References
- “signal” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Re-latinization of Old French segnal, from Medieval Latin signale, from Late Latin sign?lis, from Latin signum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.?al/
Noun
signal m (plural signaux)
- signal
Related terms
- signe
Further reading
- “signal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- lignas
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Medieval Latin signale
Noun
signal n (definite singular signalet, indefinite plural signal or signaler, definite plural signala or signalene)
- a signal
Derived terms
References
- “signal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Medieval Latin signale
Noun
signal n (definite singular signalet, indefinite plural signal, definite plural signala)
- a signal
Derived terms
References
- “signal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French signal.
Noun
signal n (plural signale)
- signal
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Signal, from Medieval Latin signale, from Latin signum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??na?l/
- Hyphenation: sig?nal
Noun
sìgn?l m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- signal
Declension
References
- “signal” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
signal c
- a signal
Declension
Anagrams
- inslag, ligans, singla, slinga
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin sign?le, noun use of the neuter of Late Latin sign?lis, from Latin signum.
Pronunciation
Noun
signal n (plural signale)
- signal
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- what signals the part of speech for cryptanalysts
- what signals the end of the cell cycle
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