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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
earthquake-proof
antisismique
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
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