Noun | 1. | proof - any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it" Synonyms: cogent evidence |
2. | proof - a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it | |
3. | proof - a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) | |
4. | proof - (printing) an impression made to check for errors Synonyms: test copy, trial impression | |
5. | proof - a trial photographic print from a negative | |
6. | proof - the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something Synonyms: validation, substantiation | |
Verb | 1. | proof - make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |
2. | proof - knead to reach proper lightness; "proof dough" | |
3. | proof - read for errors; "I should proofread my manuscripts" Synonyms: proofread | |
4. | proof - activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; "proof yeast" | |
5. | proof - make resistant to water, sound, errors, etc.; "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer" | |
Adj. | 1. | proof - (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand; "temptation-proof"; "childproof locks" |
PROOF, practice. The conviction or persuasion of the mind of a judge or
jury, by the exhibition of evidence, of the reality of a fact alleged: as,
to prove, is to determine or persuade that a thing does or does not exist. 8
Toull. n. 2; Ayl. Parerg. 442; 2 Phil. Ev. 44, n, a. Proof is the perfection
of evidence, for without evidence there is no proof, although, there may be
evidence which does not amount to proof: for example, a man is found
murdered at a spot where another had been seen walking but a short time
before, this fact would be evidence to show that the latter was the
murderer, but, standing alone, would be very far from proof of it.
2. Ayliffe defines judicial proof to be a clear and evident declaration
or demonstration, of a matter which was before doubtful, conveyed in a
judicial manner by fit and proper arguments, and likewise by all other legal
methods; first, by proper arguments, such as conjectures, presumptions,
indicia, and other adminicular ways and means; and, secondly, by legal
method, or methods according to law, such as witnesses, public instruments,
end the like. Parerg. 442 Aso. & Man. Inst. B. 3, t. 7.
1. | (logic) | proof - A finite sequence of well-formed formulas, F1,
F2, ... Fn, where each Fi either is an axiom, or follows by
some rule of inference from some of the previous F's, and Fn
is the statement being proved. See also proof theory. | |
2. | proof - A left-associative natural language parser by Craig
R. Latta ftp://scam.berkeley.edu/pub/src/local/proof/. E-mail: |