q. e. d.
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Alternative form of Q.E.D. (“initialism of quod erat demonstrandum”).
noun
Alternative form of Q.E.D. (“some fact or scenario that proves an argument or proposition”).
phrase
Alternative letter-case form of Q.E.D..
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Q.E.D..
Example Sentences
- "If death, ſaid my father, reaſoning with himſelf, is nothing but the ſeparation of the ſoul from the body;—and if it is true that people can walk about and do their buſineſs without brains,—then certes the ſoul does not inhabit there. Q. E. D."
- "Theorem 2. The Angles B, C, at the Baſe of an Iſoceles Triangle ABC, are equal to each other; and a Line AD biſecting the Angle BAC, divides the Baſe into two equal Parts, and is perpendicular thereto. For becauſe the Line AD biſects the #92;angleA, that is, makes the #92;angleBAD#61;#92;angleCAD, and Side AB is #61;AC, and AD common to both, the #92;triangleABD#61;#92;triangleACD; #92;angleB#61;#92;angleC, and #92;angleADB#61;#92;angleADC; #92;becauseAD#92;perp to BC. Q. E. D."
- "Ergo, Reuben Butler might take possession of the parish of Knocktarlitie, without forfeiting his friendship or favour—Q. E. D."
- "[I]f the Son [of God] be in nature equal to the Father, he is also equal in Godhead, which is a word expressing nature; and if equal in Godhead, equally God supreme. Q. E. D."
- "This was exactly the Q. E. D. of the paper."
- "The Unitarian might therefore here easily produce his Q. E. D. for the exclusion of all but the maintainers of Christ's proper humanity from the pale of Christianity."