/
kəˈrɒləri/
n.
(pl. corollaries)
- Logic a proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved.
- a direct consequence or result.
adj.
- Logic forming a corollary.
- associated; supplementary.
Etymology
ME: from L. corollarium ‘money paid for a garland or chaplet; gratuity’ (in late L. ‘deduction’), from corolla (see corolla).
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