corollary

[ kawr-uh-ler-ee, kor-; especially British, kuh-rol-uh-ree ]
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noun,plural cor·ol·lar·ies.
  1. Mathematics. a proposition that is incidentally proved in proving another proposition.

  2. an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion.

  1. a natural consequence or result.

Origin of corollary

1
1325–75; Middle English <Late Latin corollārium corollary, in Latin: money paid for a garland, a gift, gratuity. See corolla, -ary

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British Dictionary definitions for corollary

corollary

/ (kəˈrɒlərɪ) /


nounplural -laries
  1. a proposition that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

  2. an obvious deduction

  1. a natural consequence or result

adjective
  1. consequent or resultant

Origin of corollary

1
C14: from Latin corollārium money paid for a garland, from Latin corolla garland, from corōna crown

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Scientific definitions for corollary

corollary

[ kôrə-lĕr′ē ]


  1. 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.

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