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QED?

posted 8 years ago by glennduncan2003
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What does QED mean? The characters mention it a lot. It plays like a punch line. I'm assuming it's a French or France thing. Just wondering folks.

[–] bmeixner 8 years ago

"And QED" is a literal translation for "et CQFD" (Ce Qu'il Fallait Démontrer), but in this context, it means something more like "and Bob's your uncle" or (oddly enough) "and voilà".

[–] glennduncan2003 8 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to answer bmeixner. Appreciate it.

[–] clarus-1 8 years ago

From Wikipedia - Q.E.D. is an initialism of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, meaning "which is what had to be proved". The phrase is traditionally placed in its abbreviated form at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument when the original proposition has been exactly restated as the conclusion of the demonstration. The abbreviation thus signals the completion of the proof.

[–] glennduncan2003 8 years ago

Great info too Clarus-1. Thank you.

[–] cbisasky 8 years ago

Right, it's "Quad Erat Demonstratum" (I think). Like saying "so there!" or something like that.

[–] dmariat55 7 years ago

They are all correct. I actually use the term sometimes myself. To add a little the idea is what the agent said is definitive. There is no room for counter opinion.

[–] jbit 7 years ago

The joke at school (decades ago) was that it meant "Quite Easily Done", but clarus-1 has the real meaning.