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proof noun

  /pɹuf/ , /pɹuːf/ , /pɹʉːf/
  • (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
 preuve, démonstration
  • (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
  • (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
 preuve
  • (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
 épreuve

-proof suffix

  • Suffix added to a noun to form an adjective denoting imperviousness to that noun.
 doté d'une sécurité obviant à, hermétique à, imperméable à, résistant à, à l'épreuve de
burden of proof
charge de la preuve
galley proof
épreuve
proof of work
preuve de travail
the proof of the pudding is in the eating
il faut juger sur pièces, la qualité se révèle à l’usage
proof by contradiction
preuve par l'absurde, raisonnement par l'absurde
proof of concept
démonstration de faisabilité, preuve de concept
zero-knowledge proof
preuve à divulgation nulle de connaissance
living proof
preuve vivante
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