Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proof by exhaustion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: proof by ex-haus-tion
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The indirect verification or falsification of a statement by the verification or falsification of each of the finite number of cases which arise therefrom.

Inflected Forms

proofs by exhaustion (plural)

Questions

What does proof by exhaustion mean?: The indirect verification or falsification of a statement by the verification or falsification of each of the finite number of cases which arise therefrom.

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