A proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages.

ETYM Old Fren. prove, proeve, French preuve, from Latin proba, from probare to prove. Related to Prove.
1. Any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; SYN. cogent evidence.
2. (Logic or mathematics) A formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it.
3. A trial print from a negative.
4. (Printing) A trial impression made to check for errors; SYN. test copy.
5. A measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume). + prikaži više

In mathematics, a set of arguments used to deduce a mathematical theorem from a set of axioms.