Dictionary Definition
demonstration
Noun
1 a show or display; the act of presenting
something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he
gave the customer a demonstration" [syn: presentation, presentment]
2 a show of military force or preparedness; "he
confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations"
3 a public display of group feelings (usually of
a political nature); "there were violent demonstrations against the
war" [syn: manifestation]
4 proof by a process of argument or a series of
proposition proving an asserted conclusion [syn: monstrance]
5 a visual presentation showing how something
works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations";
"the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle
response" [syn: demo]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From demonstrationem (from verb demonstrare, "show" or "explain", from prefix de-, "of" or "concerning", + verb monstrare, "show").Pronunciation
- UK: /demənˈstreɪʃən/
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- An event at which something will be demonstrated.
- A public display of group opinion.
Related terms
Translations
act
- Chinese:
- Danish: demonstration
- Dutch: demonstratie
- Finnish: havainnollistaminen, demonstrointi
- French: démonstration
- German: Demonstration
- Italian: dimostrazione
- Japanese: (, jisshō)
- Russian: демонстрация , показ
- Spanish: demostración
event
- Chinese:
- Danish: demonstration
- Dutch: demonstratie
- Finnish: havainnollistus, demonstraatio, demo
- French: démonstration
- German: Demonstration
- Greek: επίδειξη (epídeixē)
- Japanese: (demonsutorēshon)
- Russian: демонстрация , показ
- Spanish: demostración
public display
- Chinese:
- Danish: demonstration
- Dutch: demonstratie
- Finnish: mielenosoitus
- French: manifestation
- German: Demonstration
- Hebrew: הפגנה (hafgana)
- Japanese: (demo)
- Russian: демонстрация , показ
- Spanish: manifestación
* Swedish: demonstration
- ttbc Korean:
- Hangul: 논증
- Romaja: nonjeung
- Hangul: 논증
- ttbc Latin: demonstratio nominative, demonstrationis genitive; ostentus fourth declension
Danish
Noun
demonstrationExtensive Definition
Demonstration may refer to:
- Demonstration (people), a political rally or protest
- Demonstration (proof), conclusive mathematical proof
- Scientific demonstration, a scientific experiment carried out for the purposes of illustrating principles, rather than for hypothesis testing or knowledge gathering
- Demonstration (teaching), a method of teaching by example rather than simple explanation
- A sales or marketing presentation
- Technology
demo, a prototype version of a technology product, to showcase
its forthcoming ideas, performance, method or features; more
commonly called a demo
- Software prototyping in particular; release of a prototype version of in-progress software
- Demoware, software
that users can test in a limited fashion before buying
- Game demo, more narrowly; a freely-distributed "try-out" version of a video game, usually fully playable but incomplete
- An alternate term for an exhibition game in sports
- Performance of a demonstration sport
- Demonstration of force, the show of armed forces and their capabilities
See also
- Demo (disambiguation page)
demonstration in Czech: Demonstrace
demonstration in Danish: Demonstration
(flertydig)
demonstration in Dutch: Demonstratie
demonstration in Norwegian: Demonstrasjon
demonstration in Russian:
Демонстрация
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absolute indication, allegorization, alphabet, art, beef, bitch, blazon, blueprint, boycott, bravura, brilliancy, burden of proof,
case, case in point,
challenge, charactering, characterization,
chart, choreography, citation, clarification, complaint, compunction, conclusive
evidence, confirmation, conventional
representation, cracking, cross reference,
damning evidence, dance notation, daring, dash, decipherment, decoding, deduction, deductive
reasoning, delineation, demo, demur, demurrer, demythologization,
depiction, depictment, description, determination, diagram, discourse, discourse of
reason, discursive reason, display, drama, dramatics, drawing, eclat, editing, elucidation, emblem, emendation, enactment, enlightenment, establishment, etalage, euhemerism, evidence, example, exception, exegesis, exemplar, exemplification,
exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism, explanation, explication, exponent, exposition, expostulation, exposure, expounding, false front,
fanfaronade,
figuration, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, grievance, grievance
committee, hieroglyphic, histrionics, howl, iconography, ideogram, illumination, illustration, imagery, imaging, incontrovertible
evidence, indication,
indignation meeting, indisputable evidence, induction, inductive
reasoning, instance,
ironclad proof, item,
kick, letter, light, limning, logical thought,
logogram, logograph, manifestation, map, march, musical notation,
nonviolent protest, notation, object lesson,
objection, onus, onus probandi, opening, ostentation, pageant, pageantry, parade, particular, performance, philosophy, picketing, pictogram, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentation, presentment, printing, production, projection, proof, protest, protest demonstration,
protestation,
qualm, quotation, rally, ratiocination, rationale, rationalism, rationality, rationalization,
rationalizing,
realization,
reason, reasonableness, reasoning, reference, relevant instance,
remonstrance,
remonstration,
rendering, rendition, representation, representative, retrospective, schema, score, script, scruple, settlement, sham, show, showing, showing-off, simplification, sit-in,
solution, sophistry, specious reasoning,
spectacle, splash, splurge, squawk, staginess, strike, substantiation, sure
sign, sweet reason, syllabary, symbol, tablature, teach-in, testimony, theatrics, type, typical example, unfolding, unfoldment, unlocking, unmistakable sign,
unveiling, varnishing
day, vaunt, verification, vernissage, writing