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51proof — [13] Proof and prove are of course closely related. Both go back ultimately to Latin probāre ‘test, prove’. From this in post classical times was derived the noun proba ‘proof’, which passed into English via Old French preve as pref. In the 14th… …
52proof — noun 1》 evidence establishing a fact or the truth of a statement. ↘Law the evidence in a trial. ↘the proving of the truth of a statement. ↘a series of stages in the resolution of a mathematical or philosophical problem. 2》 a test or… …
53proof — See evidence. See evidence, proof, testimony …
54proof — I. n. 1. Test, trial, essay, ordeal, examination. 2. Demonstration, certification, attestation, satisfactory evidence, confirmation, testimony. 3. Proof sheet, trial impression. II. a. Firm, steadfast, stable, fixed, impenetrable …
55-proof — UK [pruːf] / US [pruf] suffix used with some nouns for describing something that will provide protection against the damaging effects of something else a bulletproof vest recession proof shares …
56-proof — aff. a combining form of proof, with the meaning “resistant, impervious to” that specified by the initial element: childproof; waterproof[/ex] …
57proof — patikra statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. checking; check up; proof; test; verification vok. Abgleichung, f; Eichung, f; Erprobung, f; Gerätetest, m; Prüfung, f rus. верификация, f; поверка, f pranc. essai, m; vérification, f …
58proof — tikrinimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. proof vok. Kontrolle, f; Prüfung, f rus. испытание, n; проверка, f pranc. contrôle, m; vérification, f …
59-proof — /pru:f/ suffix which prevents something getting in or getting out or harming something ● a dustproof cover ● an inflation proof pension ● a soundproof studio …
60proof — see the proof of the pudding is in the eating …
