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corollary in French

corollary in French is corollaire, corolaire — corollary means something extra given on top of what is actually owed.

corollary in French

corollaire
noun
(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.
corolaire
noun
(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

What does "corollary" mean?

  1. noun Something extra given on top of what is actually owed.
  2. noun Something that happens as a side effect of another action, with no extra effort needed to bring it about.
    "Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront."
  3. noun A statement that follows directly and easily once another statement has been proved.
    "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."
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corollary in a sentence

  • 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.

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What is "corollary" in French?
"corollary" in French is corollaire, corolaire. corollary means: Something extra given on top of what is actually owed.
Are there other ways to say "corollary" in French?
Yes — French has 2 translations listed for "corollary": corollaire, corolaire.
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