"quod erat demonstrandum" meaning in English

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Phrase

Forms: quae erant demonstranda [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quod erat dēmōnstrandum (“that which was to be proved”), calqued from Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι (hóper édei deîxai, “precisely what was required to be proved”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|quod erat dēmōnstrandum||that which was to be proved}} Latin quod erat dēmōnstrandum (“that which was to be proved”), {{der|en|grc|ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι||precisely what was required to be proved}} Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι (hóper édei deîxai, “precisely what was required to be proved”) Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|plural|quae erant demonstranda|head=quod erat demonstrandum}} quod erat demonstrandum (plural quae erant demonstranda)
  1. (something) which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated. Categories (topical): Mathematics Derived forms: Q.E.D. Translations: وَهُوَ الْمَطْلُوبُ إثْبَاتُه (wahuwa l-maṭlūbu ʔiṯbātuh) (Arabic), ինչ որ պահանջվում էր ապացուցել (inčʻ or pahanǰvum ēr apacʻucʻel) (Armenian), 證明完畢 /证明完毕 (zhèngmíng wánbì) (Chinese Mandarin), což mělo být dokázáno (Czech), což bylo dokázat (Czech), hetgeen te bewijzen was (Dutch), kio estis pruvota (Esperanto), mida oligi tarvis tõestada (Estonian), mikä oli todistettava (Finnish), ce qu’il fallait démontrer (French), o que se quería demostrar (Galician), quod erat demonstrandum (German), was zu beweisen war (German), όπερ έδει δείξαι (óper édei deíxai) (Greek), מה שהיה להוכיח (mah shehayah lehokhiach) (Hebrew), מה שצריך להוכיח (Hebrew), מה שרצינו להוכיח (Hebrew), इति सिद्धम् (iti siddham) (Hindi), ezt kellett bizonyítani (Hungarian), sem sanna átti [neuter] (Icelandic), það sem sanna átti (Icelandic), come volevasi dimostrare (Italian), 証明終わり (shōmei owari) (alt: しょうめいおわり) (Japanese), quod erat dēmonstrandum (Latin), co było do okazania (Polish), co było do udowodnienia (Polish), quod erat demonstrandum (Portuguese), como queríamos demonstrar (Portuguese), ceea ce trebuia demonstrat (Romanian), что и тре́бовалось доказа́ть (što i trébovalosʹ dokazátʹ) (Russian), čo bylo treba dokázať (Slovak), como queríamos demostrar (Spanish), vilket skulle bevisas (Swedish), vilket skulle visas (Swedish), ซึ่งต้องพิสูจน์ (sêung tông písòot) (Thai), điều phải chứng minh (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sêung tông písòot",
      "word": "ซึ่งต้องพิสูจน์"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "word": "điều phải chứng minh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quod erat demonstrandum"
}

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