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Noun: corollary  'ko-ru,le-ree [N. Amer], ku'ró-lu-ree [Brit]
  1. A practical consequence that follows naturally
    "blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love"
     
  2. (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition
    "The mathematician presented the corollary that naturally followed from the main theorem"

Derived forms: corollaries

Type of: aftermath, consequence, illation [rare], inference

Encyclopedia: Corollary