COROLLARY


Meaning of COROLLARY in English

[ kə'rɒləri ]

■ noun ( plural corollaries )

1》 Logic a proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved.

2》 a direct consequence or result.

■ adjective

1》 Logic forming a ~.

2》 associated; supplementary.

Origin

ME: from L. corollarium 'money paid for a garland or chaplet; gratuity' (in late L. 'deduction'), from corolla (see corolla ).

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