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- proof|ing «PROO fihng», noun.the treating of something to make it resistant: »
“Pigeon proofing” of buildings…involves the use of screens and spikes (Wall Street Journal).
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drown|proof|ing — «DROWN PROO fihng», noun. a method of staying alive in deep water for a long time by making use of controlled breathing and the body s natural buoyancy. »A new technique of water survival called “drownproofing” has been in official use as part of … Useful english dictionary
fire|proof|ing — «FYR PROO fihng», noun. material for use in making anything fireproof … Useful english dictionary
wa|ter|proof|ing — «WT uhr prooml>fihng, WOT », noun. 1. the act or process of making waterproof. 2. a substance, such as rubber or oil, used to make something waterproof … Useful english dictionary
proof — above·proof; ap·proof; blow·proof; coun·ter·proof; damp·proof·er; dis·proof; freeze·proof; proof; proof·er; proof·less; proof·ness; proof·read; re·proof; rust·proof·er; semi·proof; wa·ter·proof·er; drown·proof·ing; damp·proof; fire·proof·ness;… … English syllables
proof|read|ing — «PROOF REE dihng», noun. the act of reading printers proofs and marking errors to be corrected … Useful english dictionary
proof´read´er — proof|read «PROOF REED», transitive verb, intransitive verb, read « REHD», read|ing. to read (printers proofs or typed copy) and mark errors to be corrected. ╂[American English; probably back formation < proofreading, or proofreader]… … Useful english dictionary
proof|read — «PROOF REED», transitive verb, intransitive verb, read « REHD», read|ing. to read (printers proofs or typed copy) and mark errors to be corrected. ╂[American English; probably back formation < proofreading, or proofreader] –proof´read´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
Offset proof(ing) press — Офсетный пробопечатный станок … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Proof sketch for Gödel's first incompleteness theorem — This article gives a sketch of a proof of Gödel s first incompleteness theorem. This theorem applies to any formal theory that satisfies certain technical hypotheses which are discussed as needed during the sketch. We will assume for the… … Wikipedia
prob´ing|ly — probe «prohb», verb, probed, prob|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to search into; examine thoroughly; investigate: »to probe a person s thoughts or feelings to find out why he acted as he did. Man in his unquenchable thirst for oil has probed ever deeper… … Useful english dictionary
