practical demonstration
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demonstration — dem|on|stra|tion W3S3 [ˌdemənˈstreıʃən] n 1.) an event at which a large group of people meet to protest or to support something in public peaceful/violent demonstration ▪ Police opened fire on a peaceful demonstration. ▪ The proposals sparked… … Dictionary of contemporary English
demonstration — [[t]de̱mənstre͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ demonstrations 1) N COUNT A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something. Riot police used teargas and truncheons this… … English dictionary
demonstration — [dem′ən strā′shən] n. [ME demonstracion < L demonstratio < demonstrare: see DEMONSTRATE] 1. the act, process, or means of making evident or proving 2. an explanation by example, experiment, etc. 3. a practical showing of how something works … English World dictionary
demonstration — noun 1 public protest/march ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, large, large scale, major, massive ▪ mass, popular, public … Collocations dictionary
practical — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin practicus, from Greek praktikos, from prassein to pass over, fare, do; akin to Greek peran to pass through more at fare Date: 15th century 1. a. of, relating to, or manifested in practice or … New Collegiate Dictionary
practical — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ chemistry, physics, etc. ▪ laboratory VERB + PRACTICAL ▪ sit (BrE), take … Collocations dictionary
practical anatomy — anatomy studied by means of demonstration and dissection … Medical dictionary
practical, total, heart-and-soul demonstration of a Church, ... a matter to strike one dumb, and apropos to which he asks pertinently, if there is no atmosphere, what will it serve a man to demonstrate the excellence of lungs? — a distinguished Russian poet, considered the greatest, born at Moscow; his chief works are Ruslan and Liudmila (a heroic poem), Eugene Onegin (a romance), and Boris Godunov (a drama); was mortally wounded in a duel (1799 1837) … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
History of electromagnetism — The history of electromagnetism, that is the human understanding and recorded use of electromagnetic forces, dates back over two thousand years ago, see Timeline of electromagnetism. The ancients must have been acquainted with the effects of… … Wikipedia
Philosophy (The) of the Italian Renaissance — The philosophy of the Italian Renaissance Jill Kraye TWO CULTURES: SCHOLASTICISM AND HUMANISM IN THE EARLY RENAISSANCE Two movements exerted a profound influence on the philosophy of the Italian Renaissance: scholasticism and humanism, both of… … History of philosophy
