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quod erat demonstrandum

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quod e⋅rat de⋅mon⋅stran⋅dum

[kwawd e-raht dey-mawn-strahn-doom; Eng. kwod er-uht dem-uhn-stran-duhm]
Latin.
which was to be shown or demonstrated.
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quod erat demonstrandum (Q.E.D.) [(kwawd er-aht dem-uhn-stran-duhm)]

A phrase used to signal that a proof has just been completed. From Latin, meaning “that which was to be demonstrated.”

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