démonstration

Definitions of démonstration
  1. noun
    a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
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    représentation
    the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
    improvisation
    a performance given extempore without planning or preparation
    artifice, combine, illusion, magie
    an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
    interprétation, traduction
    the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
    chant du cygne
    a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)
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    show, spectacle
    the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
  2. noun
    a show of military force or preparedness
    synonyms: défilé
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    show, spectacle
    the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
  3. noun
    proof of a logical theorem
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    argument, preuve
    a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
  4. noun
    proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
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    argument, preuve
    a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
  5. noun
    a visual presentation showing how something works
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    show
    something intended to communicate a particular impression
    manifestation, témoignage
    expression without words
    explication, illustration, éclaircissement
    showing by example
    explosion, élan, éruption
    an unrestrained expression of emotion
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    communication visuelle
    communication that relies on vision
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