OXFORD 9000
📚 phrase • entry_id 43649

Q.E.D.

/ˌkjuːiːˈdiː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
C.Q.D.
Initialism of quod erat demonstrandum (“what was to be proved; what was to be demonstrated”): placed at the end of a mathematical proof to show that the theorem under discussion is proved.
Now let any right line meet four harmonicals in A, C, B, D, and if those harmonicals be parallel, the thing is evident; but, if they intersect in V, draw ECF parallel to VD, the li…
[A]fter the same manner S and U are proved to be equal, therefore the square of CB is equal to the square of the 2 other sides Q E D.
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