Prover
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prover is a noun meaning One who or that which proves.
Meaning
One who or that which proves.
More Meanings
- A person, device, or program that performs logical or mathematical proofs.
- (homeopathy) A person who experimentally ingests a substance and then catalogues every effect or symptom.
Example Sentences
The prover belongs to a family of checking devices, Turing machines or sequences of these, that are capable of establishing the probable correctness of solutions for very large classes of problems.
"This is a test bed for the technology, so ultimately while we could convert more trains like this, there's a limited number," said Green. "We see this more as a technology prover to allow that, rather to be put into a new train project."
Word Forms
- provers
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