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| 1. | [ noun ] (horse racing) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | |
| Synonyms: | presentation presentment | |
| Examples: | "the presentation of new data" "he gave the customer a demonstration" |
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| Related terms: | show performance exhibition exposure lecture_demonstration counterdemonstration show stage | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (military,horse racing) a show of military force or preparedness | |
| Examples: | "he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations" |
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| Related terms: | show military | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (politics) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | |
| Synonyms: | manifestation | |
| Examples: | "there were violent demonstrations against the war" |
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| Related terms: | protest protest_march sit-in boston_tea_party work-in politics | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (mathematics,logic) proof of a logical theorem | |
| Synonyms: | logical_proof | |
| Related terms: | proof reductio_ad_absurdum | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (mathematics,logic) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | |
| Synonyms: | monstrance | |
| Related terms: | proof | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a visual presentation showing how something works | |
| Synonyms: | demo | |
| Examples: | "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations" "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response" |
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| Related terms: | visual_communication expression display exemplification show | |
| Similar spelling: |
demonstrative demonstrate demonstrator demonstrated demonization demonisation demonstratively demonstrative_of deaminization demonstrably demonstrable demonstrability |
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