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corollary
[ kawr-uh-ler-ee, kor-; especially British, kuh-rol-uh-ree ]
noun
- Mathematics. a proposition that is incidentally proved in proving another proposition.
- an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion.
- a natural consequence or result.
corollary
/ °ìəˈ°ùÉ’±ôÉ™°ùɪ /
noun
- a proposition that follows directly from the proof of another proposition
- an obvious deduction
- a natural consequence or result
adjective
- consequent or resultant
corollary
/ °ìô°ù′ə-±ôÄ•°ù′ē /
- A statement that follows with little or no proof required from an already proven statement. For example, it is a theorem in geometry that the angles opposite two congruent sides of a triangle are also congruent. A corollary to that statement is that an equilateral triangle is also equiangular.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of corollary1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of corollary1
Example Sentences
“What I’m enjoying about ‘Modville’ is that, while it may not be a direct corollary to ‘Blade Runner,’ it has enough of the DNA to make it feel like it’s at least adjacent.
The second part of that corollary is to leave a place better than I found it.
One “advanced industry†where California, and in particular Southern California, still has a leg up is aerospace, and its corollary, defense.
Such auditory corollary discharge signals start and end in two subregions of the brain's top folded surface, or cortex, a new study shows.
Arguably, the Monk's terrifying and/or hilarious saga offered a local corollary to the specter that's haunting all of Europe, and nowhere more than Ireland: Trump's impending second term.
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