demonstration

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Estados Unidos//dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən//

The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.

sustantivo

1
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
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2
jergaThe act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something. A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
3
An event at which something will be demonstrated.
I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
4
Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
5
A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
It's produced tremendous activism and backlash: there's been all sorts of demonstrations and mobilizations in civil society, there's been examples from the people from the Administration being heckled in a restaurant or not served in a restaurant, there's been a growing crescendo of conversation about what that means.
Even when there had been hecklers, Victor and other members would focus on setting up their demonstration — signs reading “Let them go now,” and posters bearing the faces of 58 hostages still being held in Gaza.
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A show of military force.
7
A proof.
He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.
If, then, proof from the basic truth is more accurate than proof not so derived, demonstration which depends more closely on it is more accurate than demonstration which is less closely dependent.

Etimología

From Middle English demonstracioun, from Old French demonstration, from Latin dēmōnstrātiōnem, from dēmōnstrāre (“show or explain”), from dē- (“of or concerning”) + mōnstrāre (“show”). Morphologically demonstrate + -ion.

Formas

plural: demonstrations

Demon · A male given name from Ancient Greek.demonic · Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.demonstrate · To show how to use (something).

demonstration · The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.

Dempsey · A surname from Irish.den · A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or…Den · A diminutive of the male given name Dennis.

Las páginas vecinas — El orden alfabético sigue las reglas del idioma, no el valor de los bytes: un acento solo desempata entre dos palabras por lo demás idénticas, y la Ñ es una letra propia con su propia sección.