Noun: corollary 'ko-ru,le-ree [N. Amer], ku'ró-lu-ree [Brit]
- A practical consequence that follows naturally
"blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love"
- (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