proof

proof

1. kestävä, pitävä, kestäväksi todettu; (yhdyssanojen jälkiosana) -kestävä, -pitävä

Esimerkkejä proof sanan käytöstä:

'proof' armour

The fortress was considered 'proof' against attack.

bullet'proof' – luodin'kestävä'

water'proof' – veden'pitävä'

Liittyvät sanat: -proof

Synonyymisanakirja: proof

proof

1. läpäisemätön, läpi päästämätön, -kestävä, -varma, -pitävä, määrittäminen, löytäminen, laillistaminen, vahvistus, todistus, validointi, oikeaksi todistaminen, jnk oikeaksi todistaminen, varmentaminen, todennus, dokumentaatio, puolustus.

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Käännökset: proof

proof suomeksi

osoitus, todisteet, todistus, -varma, korjauslukea

• koe, koestus

• todiste|alt=todisteet, todistus

• koevedos

• todistus

• koe-, testi-

• -kestävä, -pitävä

proof englanniksi

• puhekieltä An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

• 1591, w:Edmund Spenser|Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbards Tale, later also published in w:William Michael Rossetti|William Michael Rossetti, http://www.archive.org/stream/humorouspoems00ross/humorouspoems00ross_djvu.txt Humorous Poems'',

But the false Fox most kindly played his part,

For whatsoever mother-wit or art

Could work he put in proof. No practice sly,

No counterpoint of cunning policy,

No reach, no breach, that might him profit bring.

But he the same did to his purpose wring.

• c. 1633, w:John Ford (dramatist)|John Ford, w:Loves Sacrifice|Love's Sacrifice'', Act 1, Scene 1,

France I more praise and love; you are, my lord,

Yourself for horsemanship much famed; and there

You shall have many proofs to shew your skill.

• 1831, w:Thomas Thomson|Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry of Inorganic Bodies, Volume 2,

A given quantity of the spirits was poured upon a quantity of gunpowder in a dish and set on fire. If at the end of the combustion, the gunpowder continued dry enough, it took fire and exploded; but if it had been wetted by the water in the spirits, the flame of the alcohol went out without setting the powder on fire. This was called the proof.

• puhekieltä 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.

• c.1603, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice|The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice,

I'll have some proof.

• 1841, w:Ralph Waldo Emerson|Ralph Waldo Emerson, s:The Over-Soul|The Over-Soul in Essays: First Series,

It was a grand sentence of Emanuel Swedenborg, which would alone indicate the greatness of that man's perception, — "It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this is the mark and character of intelligence."

• 1990 October 16, w:Paul Simon|Paul Simon, "Proof" in w:The Rhythm of the Saints|The Rhythm of the Saints, w:Warner Bros.|Warner Bros.,

Faith, faith is an island in the setting sun

But proof, yes

Proof is the bottom line for everyone

• The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or doesn't yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.

• puhekieltä experience Experience of something.

• 1590, (w), The Faerie Queene, III.1:

But the chaste damzell, that had never priefe / Of such malengine and fine forgerye, / Did easely beleeve her strong extremitye.

• puhekieltä Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.

• puhekieltä A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.

• puhekieltä A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.

• puhekieltä A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.

• puhekieltä Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.

(rfquotek)

• puhekieltä A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (not used anymore). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid, and thus, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.

• Used in proving or testing.

a proof load; a proof charge

• Firm or successful in resisting.

proof against harm

waterproof; bombproof.

• 1671, w:John Milton|John Milton, w:Paradise Regained|Paradise Regained, 1820, Dr Aiken (biographies), Select Works of the British Poets, http://books.google.com/books?id=ploUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA125&dq=%22have+found+thee+Proof+against+all+temptation%22&hl=en&ei=5e2CTracMuGgmQXqruFR&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQv=onepage&q=%22have%20found%20thee%20Proof%20against%20all%20temptation%22&f=false page 125,

And opportunity I here have had / To try thee, sift thee, and confess have found thee / Proof against all temptation as a rock / Of adamant, and, as a centre, firm :

• 1790, w:Edmund Burke|Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1803, The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5, http://books.google.com/books?id=99gcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA426&dq=%22This+was+a+good,+stout+proof+article+of+faith%22&hl=en&ei=GfyCTq-mEKGHmQXmo4hP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAAv=onepage&q=%22This%20was%20a%20good%2C%20stout%20proof%20article%20of%20faith%22&f=false page426,

This was a good, ſtout proof article of faith, pronounced under an anathema, by the venerable fathers of this philoſophick ſynod.

• puhekieltä Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.

• puhekieltä To proofread.

• puhekieltä To make resistant, especially to water.

• puhekieltä To allow to rise (qualifier).

• puhekieltä To test the activeness of (qualifier).

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