Corollary

Quick meaning: Corollary is a noun meaning A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.

Meaning

A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.

More Meanings

1. An a fortiori occurrence, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.
2. (mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.
3. Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.
4. (rare) Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.

Example Sentences

Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.

We have proven that this set is finite and well ordered; as a corollary, we now know that there is an order-preserving map from it to the natural numbers.

However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance.

Word Forms

• corollaries

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