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QED  |  Q.E.D.   (English)

Definition (undergraduate level)

Abbreviation for 'quod erat demonstrandum', which is Latin for 'that which was to be proved'. This is often written at the end of a proof, signifying a conclusion has been reached; we have proved what we were intending to.

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