I. ˈkȯrəˌlerē, ˈkär-, -eri, Brit usually kəˈräləri noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English corolarie, from Late Latin corollarium, from Latin, gratuity, garland, from corolla small garland + -arium -ary — more at corolla
1.
a. : a proposition that follows upon one just demonstrated and that requires no additional proof
b. : a deduction, consequence, or additional inference more or less immediate from a proved proposition
2. obsolete
a. : something appended to a speech or writing : appendix , conclusion
b. : something beyond what is due : something added or superfluous
3.
a. : something that naturally follows : a practical consequence : result
the war has … paved the way for an economic and, as a corollary , a semipolitical internationalism — Edward Sapir
love was a stormy passion, and jealousy its normal corollary — Ida Treat
b. : something that incidentally or naturally attends or accompanies : accompaniment
only after the physical impossibility of the revolutionary goals had been demonstrated did its political corollary find acceptance — H.A.Kissinger
a corollary to the problem of the number of vessels to be built was that of the types of vessels to be constructed — Daniel Marx
II. adjective
: constituting a corollary:
a. : derived from a proposition : consequential
b. : that follows from or derives naturally from a circumstance or phenomenon : resulting
a sound economy and the corollary prosperity
c. : occurring together with or accompanying another phenomenon : associated, supplementary
five years after the Emancipation Proclamation the Fourteenth Amendment was established as a corollary measure
expansion of the knowledge of atomic energy leading to corollary experimentation … in power generation — Americana Annual