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Demonstration

noun

A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view. Synonyms: presentation, presentment. "He gave the customer a demonstration"

A show of military force or preparedness.

A public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature). Synonym: manifestation.

Proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion. Synonym: monstrance.

A visual presentation showing how something works. Synonym: demo. "The lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response"

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"Demonstration" Quotes from Famous Books

... attended docilely to his demonstration of the peculiar properties of NINE. And when he had ended she confessed that beyond doubt NINE should be regarded as miraculous. But she repudiated his analogues as to the muses, the lives of a cat, and how ...

— Jurgen - A Comedy of Justice • James Branch Cabell

... conceive nature as so limited that they believe man to be its chief part! (9) I have spent enough space in setting forth these common ideas and prejudices concerning nature and miracles, but in order to afford a regular demonstration ...

— A Theologico-Political Treatise [Part II] • Benedict de Spinoza

... over, the same flotilla which had proceeded in solemn and sad array down the lake prepared to return with displayed banners, and every demonstration of mirth and joy; for there was but brief time to celebrate festivals when the awful conflict betwixt the Clan Quhele and their most formidable rivals so nearly approached. It had been agreed, therefore, that the funeral feast should be blended with that ...

— The Fair Maid of Perth • Sir Walter Scott

... came out and showed itself on a plateau to the left of the little wood, and at sight of the threatening demonstration the column halted. An officer came riding up with orders, and the 106th moved off a little and took position on the bank of a small stream behind a clump of trees. The artillery had come hurrying back from the front on a gallop and taken possession of a low, rounded ...

— The Downfall • Emile Zola

... lover's manner—something which at first she could not define—which by degrees seemed to grate against her feelings. He was sufficiently affectionate, that being a matter on which she did not require much demonstration; but joined to his affection there seemed to be—; she hardly liked to suggest to herself a harsh word, but could it be possible that he was beginning to think that she was not good enough for him? And then she asked herself the question—was ...

— Victorian Short Stories • Various

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