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q.e.d.

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Q.E.D.

which was to be shown or demonstrated (used esp. in mathematical proofs).

Origin:
1810–20; < L quod erat dēmōnstrandum
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Q.E.D. 
1760, abbrev. of L. quod erat demonstrandum "which was to be demonstrated."
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Q.E.D.
Latin quod erat demonstrandum (which was to be demonstrated)
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