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demonstrational

demonstrational

5.5
To show how a product or device works
  • adjective
  • /ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃənl/
translation icon : demostrativo
  • This demonstrational model shows how the engine works.

Examples

  • The teacher used a demonstrational video to help students understand the experiment.

  • At the trade show, the company set up a demonstrational booth for their latest product.

  • He attended a demonstrational workshop to learn how the new device operates.

  • The teacher used a demonstrational video to explain the concept.

  • The teacher used a demonstrational video to help students understand the experiment.

  • At the trade show, the company set up a demonstrational booth for their latest product.

  • He attended a demonstrational workshop to learn how the new device operates.

Synonyms

illustrative
vsdemonstrational
20 4.6

Showing examples or pictures to make an idea clear

focuses on showing how something works in practice
presentational
vsdemonstrational
  • Formal
1 7.5

Relating to showing or explaining something to an audience

focuses on showing how something works rather than the form of delivery
expositional
vsdemonstrational
1 7.2

Used to show objects or information to the public, for example in a gallery

focuses on showing how something works rather than general display
illustrational
vsdemonstrational
6.7

Helps explain something using pictures or examples

focuses on showing how something works step by step

Antonyms

133 6.3

Relating to ideas and basic rules rather than practical use

How Explanatory

didactic
  • Literature
5 8.1
instructional
34 3.4
demonstrational
5.5
illustrative
20 4.6
descriptive
28 4.0

Surface Forms

demonstrational positive

Morphology

demonstrational = demonstration (transparent) = demonstr + ation + al

The adjective is a regular suffixal derivative of 'demonstration', so the meaning 'relating to showing how something works' is directly recoverable.

Etymology

Demonstrational comes from the Latin root monstrare, which means 'to show' and is the same root as the English word demonstrate. So a demonstrational video or booth is made to 'show' how something works.