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subcontrary
[ suhb-kon-trer-ee ]
noun
Logic.
plural subcontraries.
- one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
subcontrary
/ ʌˈɒԳٰəɪ /
adjective
- (of a pair of propositions) related such that they cannot both be false at once, although they may be true together Compare contrary contradictory
noun
- a statement that cannot be false when a given statement is false
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The section of an oblique cylinder by a plane perpendicular to the principal section, and inclined to the axis at the same angle as the base, is named the “subcontrary section,” and is always a circle; any other section is an ellipse.
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Two subcontrary propositions hold of the young of any animal.
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Adj. opposite; reverse, inverse; converse, antipodal, subcontrary†; fronting, facing, diametrically opposite.
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