ostensif

ɔstɑ̃sif

ostensive, ostensives

Definition

Definition of ostensif - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

ostentatoire

Rare

qui se montre de façon voyante

Rare

Son comportement ostensif attire tous les regards.

affichant

ostentatoire

démonstrable

Rare

qui peut être montré ou démontré

Rare

Cette théorie reste ostensif par l'expérimentation.

démontrable

prouvable

logique

Rare

qui expose directement toutes ses preuves positives

Rare

Un raisonnement ostensif démontre la vérité par des preuves directes.

démonstratif

explicite

lexicographie

TECH.

qui définit en montrant concrètement l'objet désigné

TECH.

Une définition ostensive montre directement l'objet plutôt que de l'expliquer.

déictique

illustratif

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Origin of ostensif

latin, ostendere (montrer) → ostentif (montrer) + -if (adjectif)

Examples of ostensif in a sentence

Elle porte un luxe ostensif lors de chaque soirée mondaine.
L'argument ostensif du chercheur repose sur des expériences répétables.
Elle a fourni un dossier ostensif prouvant son innocence.
Une démonstration aussi ostensif ne laisse place à aucun doute.
Son exposé ostensif des hypothèses facilite la vérification du théorème.
Le manuel donne une explication ostensive de ce symbole mathématique.

Le professeur a préféré une approche ostensive plutôt qu'une longue définition verbale.

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English:ostentatious, demonstrable, ...
German:ostentativ, nachweisbar, ...
Italian:ostentatorio, dimostrabile, ...
Spanish:ostentoso, demostrable, ...
Portuguese:ostensivo, demonstrável, ...
Chinese:炫耀的, 可展示的, ...
Japanese:目立つ, 証明可能な, ...
Arabic:اِسْتِعْرَاضِي, قابِل لِلإثْبات, ...
Hebrew:רָאוּותָנִי, נִיתָּן לְהוֹכָחָה, ...
Russian:демонстративный, демонстрируемый, ...
Ukrainian:демонстративний, демонстрабельний, ...
Catalan:ostentós, ostensible, ...
Danish:ostensiv, påviselig, ...
Dutch:opzichtig, aantoonbaar, ...
Greek:επιδεικτικός, επίδειξιμος, ...
Khmer:អួតអាង, អាចបង្ហាញបាន, ...
Korean:과시적인, 입증 가능한, ...
Polish:ostentacyjny, wykazalny, ...
Portuguese (BR):ostensivo, demonstrável, ...
Romanian:ostentativ, demonstrabil, ...
Swedish:ostentativ, påvisbar, ...
Thai:โอ้อวด, สามารถแสดงให้เห็นได้, ...
Turkish:gösterişli, gösterilebilir, ...
Vietnamese:phô trương, có thể chứng minh, ...

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