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The cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
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validation
Word definitions for validation in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Validation may refer to: Verification and validation , in engineering, confirming that a product or service meets the needs of its users Verification and validation (software) , checking that a software system meets specifications and fulfills its intended ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of validate something. 2 Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification. 3 The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Validation \Val`i*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. validation.] The act of giving validity. [R.] --Knowles.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of giving validity," 1650s, noun of action from validate .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something [syn: proof , substantiation ] the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof [syn: establishment ]
Usage examples of validation.
His life now was the cave and the dreaming, nothing else, and his quest now seemed prideful and vain, the boasting of a dreamless Dreamer seeking some personal validation.
For instance, in the view of some critics, literary realism carries with it an implicit validation of conservative social structures: for others, the formal and metrical intricacies of the sonnet and the iambic pentameter are a counterpart of social stability, decorum, and order.
Most philosophers took the existence of ethics for granted, as the given, as a historical fact, and were not concerned with discovering its metaphysical cause or objective validation.
In the Constitutional Law which the validation of the Roosevelt program has brought into full being, the two main structural elements of government in the United States in the past, the principle of Dual Federalism and the doctrine of the Separation of Powers, have undergone a radical and enfeebling transformation which war has, naturally, carried still further.
The size and number of the trophies conferred validation, and publicity was all that separated martial artists from ordinary thugs.
The various branches of modern science have developed on the model of physics, and scientific materialists have traditionally looked to physics for validation of their beliefs.
For the purpose of explaining the cumulative process, I have arranged the validation of special consensus according to the sequence in which the states of nonordinary reality and special ordinary reality occurred.
The rule was corroborated in non-ordinary reality The rule was also corroborated in non-ordinary reality, and the corroboration was carried out in the same pragmatic, experimental manner of validation as would have been employed in situations of ordinary reality.
Harry Dunne had insisted that Bryson use a new legend specially created for him by the wizards of the CIA's technical services division, graphic arts reproduction branch master forgers who specialized in what was euphemistically called "authentication and validation.
It's partly a black humor critique of the contemporary work place, partly a novel of cosmic horror, partly a fascinating character study wherein we see either the validation of Kenan's fears, or his descent into a complete mental breakdown.
Otterson, Madison, WI, for her ongoing support, and especially for that early and crucial validation of Kate Delafield which enabled me to see Kate’s value and significance.
The second was to go to the local union office and register a contract with Boyce Cochenour for validation, with a commission clause for Vastra.
Keith tells me you've been well and thoroughly taught, but your education was flawed by over-correction and lack of validation.
To determine the finite level of those two positives would require the East Coast lab’s validation.
Nonetheless, the comparison of these two quotations is useful not only as a validation of Dick's knowing use of religious source material but also as a fair warning to all those who would paste a doctrinal label of any sort on Dick's work.