What does 'QED' mean?

[Deja Q]

Jus' curious.

Thx!

[are_we_united_yet]

1. I believe it is some

Latin Term (other than Quite Easily Done)


"quod erat demonstrandum"

[The Great Escape]

4. quod erat demonstrandum" ("that which was to be demonstrated ...

[Squatch]

2. quod erat demonstrandum (which was to be demonstrated).

Short for "How do you like them apples?"

[NoPasaran]

3. quod erat demenstrandum

"That which was to be proved"

[OldLeftieLawyer]

5. You mean "qed" or "q.e.d."?

There's a difference.

qed is shorthand for "quantum electrodynamics."

Q. E. D. is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase "quod erat demonstrandum," which translates literally to "that which was to be demonstrated."

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. or did you mean pdq?

[GeorgeBushytail]

7. Quantumelectrodynamics

Richard Feynman's baby.

The other definition is the more likely one.

[Philosophy]

8. quantum electrodynamics

:smoke:

[captainjack]

10. ooooh, cool guy posting equations on a politics board

:hi: hey physics nerd

[shadu]

11. I like your answer the best

[madmax]

12. harumph!

Another smart ass. :evilgrin:

[left is right]

14. I am always turned on by a guy

that speaks fluent equation

[Philosophy]

18. And I'm damn sexy too

Check it out:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=1909625&mesg_id=1909625

[Squatch]

15. y=r^3/3...and if you determine the rate of change correctly

I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.

[The Minus World]

28. RDRR?

Har de har har!

[Maiden England]

24. U is one of 'em terra-ists, from Al Gebra, ain't ya?

[qnr]

9. Google is your friend here, too

It's what everyone else said, but you can go to Google and use define: word
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=define%3A+QED&btnG=Search

or in your address bar: Dictionary.com/search?q=word

http://dictionary.com/search?q=QED

There are others too, of course.

Edit: typo in subject line

[GeorgeBushytail]

13. Amiga - best computer ever!

[qnr]

16. Yup, "One of" in my opinion though :)

[yardwork]

17. never seen so much bragging in a thread even in the lounge.....

[MostlyLurks]

19. Don't take this as gospel...

Edit: Jesus-God-in-Heaven, why in the hell would anyone ever, under any circumstances, whaaaaaaatsoever use IE? I have the luxury of blissful Opera stewardship at work and never have to deal with crap like blind (or inaccurate) page loads that lead me to post an answer to a thread, thinking I'm the only one to see it so far, when in fact four dozen people more knowledgable than me have already posted better answers than I have.

Mostly

[bbernardini]

20. "Quod erat demonstrandum, baby." ("Ooooh, you speak FRENCH!")

Name the song. :)

[flyingfysh]

21. this is used to signify the end of a mathematical proof

It comes from Latin "Quod Erat Demonstrandum"/

[GeorgeBushytail]

22. QED

[miss_kitty]

23. I'm sorry

I never remember that one!

[Johnny 99]

25. It means "I Am A Pompous Idiot"

n/t

[SmileyBoy]

26. Queen Elizabeth is Dead

We are not amused...

[Rhiannon12866]

I thought this was written on prescriptions

Four times a day? Context?:shrug:

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I thought this was written on prescriptions

Four times a day? Context?:shrug: