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demonstration

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n-strey-shuh

noun

the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.

something serving as proof or supporting evidence: They sent a check as a demonstration of their concern.

a description or explanation, as of a process, illustrated by examples, specimens, or the like: a demonstration of methods of refining ore.

the act of exhibiting the operation or use of a device, machine, process, product, or the like, as to a prospective buyer.

an exhibition, as of feeling; display; manifestation: His demonstration of affection was embarrassing.

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a public exhibition of the attitude of a group of persons toward a controversial issue, or other matter, made by picketing, parading, etc.

a show of military force or of offensive operations made to deceive an enemy.

Mathematics. a logical presentation of the way in which given assumptions imply a certain result; proof.

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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English demonstracioun < Latin dēmonstrātiōn- (stem of dēmonstrātiō, equivalent to dēmonstrāt(us) (see demonstrate) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

dem·on·stra·tion·al, adjective

dem·on·stra·tion·ist, noun

coun·ter·dem·on·stra·tion, noun

pre·dem·on·stra·tion, noun

re·dem·on·stra·tion, noun

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sub·dem·on·stra·tion, noun

su·per·dem·on·stra·tion, noun

un·dem·on·stra·tion·al, adjective

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Demonstration is always a great word to know.

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the property of magnitude involving comparability with other magnitudes, size, volume, area, or length

a rational number or the limit of a sequence of rational numbers, as opposed to a complex number

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Example Sentences

Three major technologies all have the potential to move from demonstration computers to practical, highly powerful machines.

I've got a campus interview coming up that requires me to give a teaching demonstration.

Muybridge is best known for his demonstration that movement could be broken down into fluid sequences of individual moments.

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Three major technologies all have the potential to move from demonstration computers to practical, highly powerful machines.

I've got a campus interview coming up that requires me to give a teaching demonstration.

Muybridge is best known for his demonstration that movement could be broken down into fluid sequences of individual moments.

It turned out it belonged to a local tour operator, who used the fossil as a demonstration piece.

First demonstration of localized ripples of matter.

The nonviolent demonstration was the first sustained sit-in, and soon after others sprung up across the south.

Regional demonstration gardens are among the best places to learn about water-wise gardening.

The audience greeted the demonstration with hoots and applause.

The demonstration ended peacefully, and no one was arrested.

The six women responded by organising a demonstration at which they urged each other to take action.

Others offer demonstration sites for sustainable farming methods.

The team¿s demonstration of optical gain is an important step toward creating the elusive silicon laser.

Hill had promised a public demonstration of his works and process, but he kept pushing the date back.

Now, as part of a demonstration project, they've converted a.

The woman doing the demonstration was a bit confused, but game.

Yet the day before that demonstration even more women.

Thomas sees the case as a demonstration of how the patent system is being commandeered by private individuals who then.

Chaos and violence, though, quickly marred this particular demonstration.

The company takes the feedstock, wood chips in the case of the demonstration facility, and blasts it in a furnace.

Maybe you are a political activist who has been arrested at a demonstration or two.

Anti-corruption protestors greeted this with a demonstration outside parliament.

By the normal standards of mobile robotics, that would be a culminating demonstration for a research project.

It's a simple demonstration of how easy it is to transmit a virus when people don't cover their mouths when they sneeze.

The company wanted to go beyond demonstration flights to show the fuel can be used right now, without any issues or challenges.

Turn a left-field question into a demonstration of your qualifications for the position.

Two arguments spout up from this demonstration of earthly power.

The technology to build this smart grid largely exists, and recent demonstration projects are proving its worth.

While the demonstration gets off to a smooth start, the machine soon malfunctions.

We've helped create two high-design demonstration homes to show how the latest residential innovations play out.

Finalists must successfully complete an interview and a teaching demonstration.

It might make for a good demonstration of the absurd power some claim to have.

Scientists are now kind of going from these cute demonstration projects to what might eventually turn into real applications.

Thank you for your clarity of vision and the demonstration of your kindness.

The demonstration showed a woman jogging along an urban path, beckoning to an animated clip art doggie behind.

Shandrow's life is a daily demonstration of that potential.

But any underwater disco must wait for funding and a demonstration project.

The above is a amazing demonstration of logic and courtesy.

But what you can't get there is a cooking demonstration using crickets.

In other words, great responses to the interview questions won't make up for a really bad or disorganized teaching demonstration.

There are moments of drama-a demonstration at the university, a parade-but these are rare.

Her demonstration took me by surprise and redirected my whole career path into animal behavior.

We brought him in for an interview and a teaching demonstration.

Estonia's accession is a demonstration of faith in the single currency.

It is a demonstration of how our brains do not intuitively understand probability.

Your research profile is already impressive, and your teaching demonstration was truly excellent.

So the demonstration might quite understandably have been an unruly affair.

The gorilla video experiment is the perfect demonstration of how fallible eye witnesses are.

Third, as a demonstration that the government will no longer grant special favours to the nuclear industry.

Their recent demonstration is only the first of what they hope will be several to reveal the composites' unorthodox behavior.

Far from it: the demonstration of loyalty had made him all the more attractive.

Intel's demonstration consisted of a hafnium-based microprocessor capable of running three different computer operating systems.

He says the group plans the first demonstration of the network next fall.

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World English Dictionary

demonstration (ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act of demonstrating
2.	proof or evidence leading to proof
3.	an explanation, display, illustration, or experiment showing how something works
4.	a manifestation of grievances, support, or protest by public rallies, parades, etc
5.	a manifestation of emotion
6.	a show of military force or preparedness
7.	maths a logical presentation of the assumptions and equations used in solving a problem or proving a theorem

demon'strational

—*adj*

demon'strationist

—n

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Word Origin & History

demonstration

late 14c., from L. demonstrationem, from demonstrare, from de- "entirely" + monstrare "to point out, show," from monstrum "divine omen, wonder." Meaning "public show of feeling," usually with a mass meeting and a procession, is from 1839.

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