Demonstration

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.

II. Demonstration ·noun An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show.

III. Demonstration ·noun The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.

IV. Demonstration ·noun (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an Attack.

V. Demonstration ·noun The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

VI. Demonstration ·noun A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises;

— these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions.

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