q.e.d.

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. ifade Initialism of quod erat demonstrandum (“what was to be proved; what was to be demonstrated”): placed at the end of a mathematical proof to show that the theorem under discussion is proved.

   “[A]fter the same manner S and U are proved to be equal, therefore the square of CB is equal to the square of the 2 other sides Q E D.”

2. ifade Used to indicate that an argument or proposition is proved by the existence of some fact or scenario.

   “That this part of the world has actually been peopled (Q. E. D.) to support which, we have living proofs in the numerous tribes of Indians that inhabit it.”

3. isim A certain fact or scenario that proves an argument or proposition; a justification.

   “We all go in for the dolce here except you, and you're such a patent machine for turning out Q.E.D.s by the dozen, that you can no more help working than the bedmaker can help taking my tea and saying the cat did it,[…]”

4. ifade Alternative letter-case form of Q.E.D..