(n.) The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof;
especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable
evidence, to the senses or reason.
(n.) An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs;
a manifestation; a show.
(n.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or
other anatomical preparation.
(n.) (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement
indicating an attack.
(n.) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or
the proof itself.
(n.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result
is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being
definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions.
