DEMONSTRATION

presentation, presentment, demonstration

(noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; “the presentation of new data”; “he gave the customer a demonstration”

demonstration

(noun) a show of military force or preparedness; “he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations”

demonstration, manifestation

(noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); “there were violent demonstrations against the war”

demonstration, monstrance

(noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion

demonstration, demo

(noun) a visual presentation showing how something works; “the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations”; “the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

demonstration (countable and uncountable, plural demonstrations)

The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.

An event at which something will be demonstrated.

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.

Anagrams

• nonmeditators

Source: Wiktionary

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Dem`on*stra"tion, n. Etym: [L. demonstratio: cf. F. démonstration.]

1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason. Those intervening ideas which serve to show the agreement of any two others are called "proofs;" and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration. Locke.

2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show. Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief Shak. Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. Prescott.

3. (Anat.)

Definition: The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.

4. (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack.

5. (Logic)

Definition: The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.

6. (Math.)

Definition: 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. Direct, or Positive, demonstration (Logic & Math.), one in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; -- opposed to Indirect, or Negative, demonstration (called also reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any other hypothesis must be incorrect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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