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Q.E.D. or QED is an initialism of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, meaning "that which was to be demonstrated". Literally, it states "what was to be shown". [ 1 ] Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of mathematical proofs and philosophical arguments in print publications, to indicate that the proof or the argument is ...
quod erat faciendum (Q.E.F.) which was to be done: Or "which was to be constructed". Used in translations of Euclid's Elements when there was nothing to prove, but there was something being constructed, for example a triangle with the same size as a given line. quod est (q.e.) which is: quod est necessarium est licitum: what is necessary is lawful
quod erat demonstrandum "that which was to be demonstrated" [1] Cited in many texts at the end of a mathematical proof. Example: "At the end of the long proof, the professor exclaimed ' QED! '" q.v. qq.v. quod vide quae vide "which see" Imperative, [1] used after a term or phrase that should be looked up elsewhere in the current document or book.
From Augustine, De Trinitate XIV, 8.11: Mens eo ipso imago Dei est quo eius capax est, [23] "The mind is the image of God, in that it is capable of Him and can be partaker of Him." capax imperii nisi imperasset: capable of imperial power if only he had not held it: In Tacitus's Histories to describe Galba as emperor. [24] capax infiniti ...
esto quod es: be what you are: Motto of Wells Cathedral School: et adhuc sub iudice lis est: it is still before the court: From Horace, Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry) 1.78. et alibi (et al.) and elsewhere: A less common variant on et cetera ("and the rest") used at the end of a list of locations to denote unenumerated/omitted ones.
inveniet quod quisque velit: each shall find what he desires: Attributed to Petronius [5] or Prudentius. Motto of the journal Nature in Cambridgeshire: [6] Inveniet quod quisque velit; non omnibus unum est, quod placet; hic spinas colligit, ille rosas ("Each shall find what he desires; no one thing pleases all; one gathers thorns, another roses ...
faciam quodlibet quod necesse est: I'll do whatever it takes: faciam ut mei memineris: I'll make you remember me: from Plautus, Persa IV.3–24; used by Russian hooligans as tattoo inscription facile princeps: easily the first: said of the acknowledged leader in some field, especially in the arts and humanities facilius est multa facere quam diu
Q.E.D. (quod erat demonstrandum), used at the end of a mathematical proof; Quantum electrodynamics, a field in particle physics; QED manifesto and project, a database of mathematical knowledge; QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, a 1985 physics book by Richard Feynman