What Does QED Mean & How to Pronounce It? 📚

Discover the meaning of QED, its Latin origins, and how to pronounce this common mathematical and philosophical abbreviation.

What Does QED Mean & How to Pronounce It? 📚
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23 views • Jan 24, 2016
What Does QED Mean & How to Pronounce It? 📚

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An abbreviation of the Latin phrase "quod erat demonstrandum". It literally translates as "which was to be demonstrated", and is a formal way of ending a mathematical, logical or physical proof. It's purpose is to alert the reader that the immediately previous statement, which naturally was arrived at by an unbroken chain of logic, was the original statement that we were trying to prove.<br /><br /><br />QED definition by Urban Dictionary

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