Definition of Corollary. Meaning of Corollary. Synonyms of Corollary

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Definition of Corollary

Corollary
Corollary Cor"ol*la*ry (k?r"?l-l?-r?; 277), n.; pl. Corollaries (-r?z). [L. corollarium gift, corollary, fr. corolla. See Corolla.] 1. That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous. [Obs.] Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, Rather than want a spirit. --Shak. 2. Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.

Meaning of Corollary from wikipedia

- In mathematics and logic, a corollary (US: /ˈkɒrəˌlɛəri/ KORR-ə-lair-ee, UK: /kəˈrɒləri/ kər-OL-ər-ee) is a theorem of less importance which can be readily...
- In the history of United States foreign policy, the Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt...
- The Lodge Corollary was a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Proposed by Henry Cabot Lodge and ratified by the United States Senate in 1912, it forbade...
- The corollary discharge theory (CD) of motion perception helps understand how the brain can detect motion through the visual system, even though the body...
- Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs, also known as antinuclear factor or ANF) are autoantibodies that bind to contents of the cell nucleus. In normal individuals...
- dynamic negatives (also known as Melody's law, Sod's Law or Finagle's corollary to Murphy's law) is usually rendered as "Anything that can go wrong, will—at...
- predict the effects of an action. An equal term with a different history is corollary discharge. Efference copies are important in enabling motor adaptation...
- sufficiently advanced garbage is indistinguishable from magic. (Sterling's corollary to Clarke's law) This idea also underlies the setting of the novel Roadside...
- and carry a big stick".: 371  The Roosevelt Corollary provoked outrage across Latin America. The Corollary was invoked to intervene militarily in Latin...
- Theorem, it is especially useful to study its main Corollaries. Ptolemy's Theorem yields as a corollary a theorem regarding an equilateral triangle inscribed...