Disproof

He believed the experiments provided "the most convincing disproof imaginable that dowsers can do what they claim", citation stating that the data analysis was "special, unconventional and customized".

Here elenchi is the genitive singular of the Latin noun elenchus, which is from Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (elenchos), meaning "an argument of disproof or refutation". citation The translation in English of the Latin expression has varied somewhat.

Models, in both science and mathematics, need to be internally consistent and also ought to be falsifiable (capable of disproof).

Tarski (1951) 20th century and general relativity A disproof of Euclidean geometry as a description of physical space.

The Intuitionist proper is distinguished by maintaining that propositions of my second class—propositions which assert that a certain action is right or a duty—are incapable of proof or disproof by any enquiry into the results of such actions.

The recent disproof of the Hirsch conjecture is the first step to prove whether any polytope has superpolynomial diameter.