Proof Explained
Proof most often refers to:
- Proof (truth), argument or sufficient evidence for the truth of a proposition
- Alcohol proof, a measure of an alcoholic drink's strength
Proof may also refer to:
Mathematics and formal logic
Law and philosophy
- Evidence, information which tends to determine or demonstrate the truth of a proposition
- Evidence (law), tested evidence or a legal proof
- Legal burden of proof, duty to establish the truth of facts in a trial
- Philosophic burden of proof, obligation on a party in a dispute to provide sufficient warrant for their position
- Probate, the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as valid
Manufacturing and printing
- Artist's proof, a single print taken during the printmaking process
- Galley proof, a preliminary version of a publication
- Prepress proof, a facsimile of press artwork for job verification
- Proof coinage, coins once made as a test, but now specially struck for collectors
- Proof of concept, demonstration that a concept has practical potential
- Proof test, stress test of structures such as vessels and weapons
- Proofreading, reviewing a manuscript for errors or improvements
People
Places
- Proof School, San Francisco, California, USA; a secondary school
Arts and entertainment and media
Film, television, and theatre
Film
Television
Literature
- Proof (comics), a comic series from Image Comics
- "Proof", a 1942 science fiction short story by Hal Clement
- PROOF!, a magazine published by Lynne McTaggart
- Proof, print magazine of online platform The Justice Gap
Music
Albums and records
Songs and singles
- "Proof" (I Am Kloot song), 2003
- "Proof" (Paul Simon song), 1991
- "Proof"/"No Vain", a single by Mell, 2007
- "Proof", a song by Angela, 2004
- "Proof", a song by Chris Brown from Royalty, 2015
- "Proof", a song by Coldplay, a B-side of the single "Speed of Sound", 2005
- "Proof", a song by Happy Rhodes from Many Worlds Are Born Tonight, 1998
- "Proof", a song by Paramore from Paramore, 2013
See also
- Proofing (disambiguation)
- Provability (disambiguation)
- Homeopathic proving, a homeopathic procedure
- Proof Positive (disambiguation)
- Living Proof (disambiguation)
- Fool proof (disambiguation)
- 100 Proof (disambiguation)