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substantiation

səbˌstænʧiˈeɪʃən
WordNet
Map with prediction of the position of planets in 1708 and 1709. The predictions are substantiated with text and calculations. The title in a bar above the map. To the right of the center a depiction of Mother Earth and figures with stars on their heads.
Map with prediction of the position of planets in 1708 and 1709. The predictions are substantiated with text and calculations. The title in a bar above the map. To the right of the center a depiction of Mother Earth and figures with stars on their heads.
  1. (n) substantiation
    the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
  2. (n) substantiation
    additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
Illustrations
A console with the personification of Substantial existence (according to Ripa's Iconologia). A man with a halo, a crown around his head and a surcoat has stabbed a snake or dragon to death with his spear. The skewer is broken. The man has a book in his left hand and a skull is under his feet. The representation resembles Christ's victory over evil. The print is part of an album.
A console with the personification of Substantial existence (according to Ripa's Iconologia). A man with a halo, a crown around his head and a surcoat has stabbed a snake or dragon to death with his spear. The skewer is broken. The man has a book in his left hand and a skull is under his feet. The representation resembles Christ's victory over evil. The print is part of an album.
In the foreground a large tree with substantial roots and a small stream. A farming family is resting by the tree. This print is part of a loose group of eleven prints, of which only numbers 1-6 (later?) Are numbered.
In the foreground a large tree with substantial roots and a small stream. A farming family is resting by the tree. This print is part of a loose group of eleven prints, of which only numbers 1-6 (later?) Are numbered.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Substantiation
    The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) substantiation
    The act of substantiating or giving substance to anything; the act of proving; evidence; proof.
  2. (n) substantiation
    The production of material goods.
Quotations
George Santayana
It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.
George Santayana
Nahum Tate
Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.
Nahum Tate
Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body.
Xaviera Hollander
Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents.
Peg Bracken
Albert Einstein
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
Albert Einstein
Usage in the news

Substantial reporting in this story was conducted by Amy Abrams. artinamericamagazine.com

Smart design can substantially reduce the energy consumption and operating costs for a pneumatic system. hydraulicspneumatics.com

The new Moab Regional Hospital, a year and a half after opening its doors, faces a grave financial crisis, and the new long-term Care Center may have to close soon unless local government coughs up substantial funds. upr.org

Given the substantial investment involved, and the great potential value of simulation to a molder 's bottom line, it is not a choice to be taken lightly. ptonline.com

For those individuals who have accumulated substantial wealth over their lifetime, the clock is ticking to take advantage of a huge tax break that will, in all likelihood, never reappear again. aikenstandard.com

In a substantial assist to a local fishery, the Muskellunge Club of Wisconsin stocked 150 yearling muskies in Okauchee Lake last Friday. jsonline.com

But evidence against Leavitt at his trial was substantial. chicagotribune.com

The 50th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have inspired substantial national and individual reflection. nytimes.com

Two military housing companies have paid a substantially discounted fine to settle federal lead paint disclosure violations on two New England Navy base s. paintsquare.com

I n 1933, a totalitarian regime came to power in Germany with the consent of at least a substantial minority of the German people. nationalreview.com

Soups, substantial appetizers, salad/light meals, sandwiches, entrees, pizzas, daily dessert specials. blufftontoday.com

In the halcyon (and perhaps nonexistent) days of yore, couples married young, started with nothing, built up a substantial nest egg, and stayed married for 50 years. nj.com

New Zealand produces some of the world's best shearers and its national championship, the Golden Shears , receives substantial media coverage in the country. daily-jeff.com

An architect's report suggests a new library/municipal office building could cost $28 million, up substantially from the earlier anticipated $18 million. northkitsapherald.com

SALT LAKE CITY — A new study shows that Utah's hiring environment has improved substantially since it was last surveyed in 2009. therepublic.com

Usage in scientific papers

When the problem is formulated in these terms, it is clear that the solution will consist in demonstrating the time-asymmetry of the universe: in a time-asymmetric universe, the two directions of time can be substantially distinguished.
The cosmological origin of time-asymmetry

This means that, in a time-asymmetric universe, any time tA splits the manifold into two sections that are different to each other: the section t > tA is substantial ly different than the section t < tA .
The cosmological origin of time-asymmetry

We can chose any point x0 with t = tA and conventionally consider that −γ µ (x0 ) points towards t < tA and γ µ (x0 ) points towards t > tA or vice versa: in any case we have established a substantial difference between γ µ (x0 ) and −γ µ (x0 ).
The cosmological origin of time-asymmetry

We can conventionally call ”future” the direction of γ µ (x0 ) and ”past” the direction of −γ µ (x0 ) or vice versa, but in any case past is substantially different than future.
The cosmological origin of time-asymmetry

Only GAT allows us to select one of these structures (one of the twins) as the one related to the future or as the physically relevant one for spontaneous evolutions, by creating a substantial difference between them.
The cosmological origin of time-asymmetry

Usage in literature

This is the tit-bit, not very substantial, but extremely tasty, it would seem. "The Wonders of Instinct" by J. H. Fabre

Probably, too, he was now making something substantial by his compositions. "Haydn" by J. Cuthbert Hadden

Here they made a substantial luncheon; and the odour of fried onions carried far and wide. "Australia Felix" by Henry Handel Richardson

But here was a chance for him to acquire a real and substantial right to the prospective reward. "Monsieur Lecoq" by Emile Gaboriau

She got up a real substantial supper, to which we did full justice, in spite of the meal we had already eaten. "Andersonville, Volume 4" by John McElroy

Breakfast, which is a very substantial meal, is served about eleven o'clock. "Brazilian Sketches" by T. B. Ray

Sometimes a whole day of inconceivably sordid toil resulted in the pouching of a few pence; sometimes his reward was a substantial sum. "In the Year of Jubilee" by George Gissing

What I have is substantial, reliable. "The Town Traveller" by George Gissing

To see Naples first, and then go north, is very much like taking dessert before one's substantial dinner. "The Emancipated" by George Gissing

But as against the garrison of Vicksburg we were as substantially protected as they were against us. "Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete" by U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan

Usage in poetry
Forgael. It’s not a dream,
But the reality that makes our passion
As a lamp shadow—no—no lamp, the sun.
What the world’s million lips are thirsting for
Must be substantial somewhere.
Often at evening when a boy
Would I carry to a friend -
Hoping more substantial joy
Did an older mind commend -
Not such as are in Newton's metaphor,
But actual shells of Rosses' level shore.
My dinner, sometimes, like things transcendental
And things more substantial, like women and wine
A thing is, uncertain, and quite accidental,
And sometimes I wonder, "Oh! where shall I dine?"
On the world's stage I wish'd some sprightly part,
To deck my native fleece with tawdry lace!
'Twas life, 'twas taste, and—oh! my foolish heart!
Substantial joy was fix'd in power and place.
And none can show me that substantial pleasure
Which will not pass away like bloom from flowers;
Therefore, no more my heart such joys shall treasure,
Nor pine for fading sweets and fleeting hours.
Were you thinking that those were the words—those upright lines?
those curves, angles, dots?
No, those are not the words—the substantial words are in the ground
and sea,
They are in the air—they are in you.