demonstration
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- noun
- /ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən/
- Specialized
- And the thing about geometry was that there is such a thing as a proof, right, as a demonstration of a fact.
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Watch on YouTubeSo the illusion of consciousness, the demonstration of consciousness.
- So the illusion of consciousness, the demonstration of consciousness.
- So as all other inquiries of human beings regard only matter of fact and existence, these are incapable of demonstration.
- But there's not been any empirical demonstration of that claim, at least that I'm aware of.
- But the actual demonstration of their eventual electoral effect is a little bit hard to take at face value.
- So we can't have that sort of demonstration, A demonstration propter quid where we go from the cause and then reason to the effect.
Examples
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My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power.
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Obviously, the demonstration we're going to do is we're going to prove with any luck that ice floats.
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And it's just, I think it's such a good demonstration of why the arts are valuable.
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A case study is a realistic application or demonstration of a theory or principle.
Academic text (1990) -
I have shown a very simple mathematical demonstration of why the GHG theory does not describe nature.
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An example is a population of flour beetles, the first demonstration of chaos in a biological population.
Academic text (2001) -
We established validity in several ways, including demonstration of a significant difference between members and nonmembers of the Sierra Club.
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Otto Loewy won the Nobel Prize for the demonstration of, of chemical transmission across nerve cells.
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We saw many demonstrations of greatness from athletes you coached, but a year ago, the team and you were at a very low point.
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The professor provided a clear demonstration of the theorem using visual aids.
Synonyms
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A set of reasons people give to show something is true
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Evidence that shows something is true
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A set of clear reasons that show why an idea is true or false
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A logical argument that shows a mathematical statement is true
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A way to show something is true by using known facts and simple logical steps
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A set of clear steps that show a statement must be true
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Morphology
demonstration = demonstrate (transparent) = demonstrate + ation
A logical proof is literally a 'showing' that something is true, making the nominalization clear and transparent.
Etymology
Demonstration comes from Latin parts de- 'completely' and monstr- 'show', which gave the idea 'to show clearly'. So in math or logic a demonstration is a full 'showing' that proves a statement is true.