单词 | quod erat demonstrandum |
释义 | quod erat demonstrandumint.n. A. int. ‘Which was to be demonstrated’: placed at the end of a mathematical proof (originally, one in Euclid) to indicate that a previously stated theorem is thereby proved; (in extended use) used to convey that a fact or situation demonstrates the truth of a person’s theory or claim. Abbreviated Q.E.D. int. ΚΠ 1614 W. Bedwell De Numeris Geometricis iv. 54 Therefore d b, and b e, are continually proportionall betweene c b, and b g, the two lines giuen. That is, as c b, is to d b; so is d b, vnto b e: And as b d, is vnto b c; so is b c, vnto b g. quod erat demonstrandum. 1749 W. King Poet. Abridgem. Bentham's Let. to Young Gentleman Oxf. 51 And if there be two Jacobites in Oxford, there may be twenty Jacobites in Oxford; and if there be twenty Jacobites in Oxford, all the People in Oxford may therefore be Jacobites. Quod erat demonstrandum. 1898 Amer. Math. Monthly May 128 So NF produced must fall wholly toward the convex parts, and so it will be tangent to this curve. Quod erat demonstrandum. 1982 R. Sheppard & M. Valpy National Deal viii. 165 In some cases that interest had been extinguished by treaties (which, quod erat demonstrandum, was evidence of the recognition of aboriginal title). 2000 Z. Bauman in D. Garland & R. Sparks Criminol. & Social Theory ii. 25 The excluded are unfit to be free agents, quod erat demonstrandum. B. n. A statement or use of the formula ‘quod erat demonstrandum’; a conclusive demonstration of something, a justification. Abbreviated Q.E.D. n.1 ΚΠ 1669 E. Reynolds Annot. Ecclesiastes xii. 402 Mathematicians having made their demonstration, do then resume their principal conclusion with a quod erat demonstrandum. 1740 T. Morgan Moral Philosopher III. iii. 221 The learned Reasoners in this Way have nothing to do, but to quote a Text of Scripture, in some Sense or other, right or wrong, and then come off triumphantly, with a quod erat demonstrandum. 1865 Med. & Surg. Reporter 19 Aug. 131/2 The Registrar's quod erat demonstrandums are upset just like a child's row of blocks. 1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain II. vi. 503 A belief..is always in existence; which it is the task of the intellect to expound and demonstrate. It comes down every time to the quod erat demonstrandum. 2009 T. Buckley Bad Things Happen xix. 189 You can be messed up for lots of reasons. But my daughter was struggling and my daughter was adopted—the quod erat demonstrandum glared like a beacon. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1614 |
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