corollary

(kôr'ə-lĕr'ē, kŏr'-)
n., pl., -ies.

1. A proposition that follows with little or no proof required from one already proven.
2. A deduction or an inference.
3. A natural consequence or effect; a result.

adj.
Consequent; resultant.

[Middle English corolarie, from Latin corōllārium, money paid for a garland, gratuity, from corōlla, small garland. See corolla.]

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noun

Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, effect, end product, event, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See cause/effect.

A straightforward consequence of a theorem.

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A consequence or result that can be logically drawn from the existence of a set of facts by the exercise of common sense and reason.

IN BRIEF: Something that follows directly from something that has been proven.

The corollary to the fact that the Earth is round is that we don't have to worry about falling off the edge.

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For a list of words related to corollary, see:

• Quantities, Relationships, and Operations - corollary: theorem proved by application of a previously proved theorem
• Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - corollary: one proposition that is proved incidentally by another

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - følgeslutning, umiddelbar slutning, naturlig konsekvens
adj. - ekstra, deraf følgende

Nederlands (Dutch)
consequentie, voortvloeiend

Français (French)
n. - corollaire
adj. - en corollaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Folge, Konsequenz
adj. - Begleit..., natürlich folgend, logischerweise ergebend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πόρισμα, συμπέρασμα, απόρροια, φυσική συνέπεια, έκβαση, επακόλουθο

Italiano (Italian)
corollario, conseguenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - corolário (m), conseqüência (f)

Русский (Russian)
вывод, результат

Español (Spanish)
n. - corolario
adj. - relativo o perteneciente a un corolario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - följdsats, naturlig följd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
必然的结果, 推论, 系, 具有推断或推论性质的, 作为必然结果的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 必然的結果, 推論, 系
adj. - 具有推斷或推論性質的, 作為必然結果的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 계, 추론, 당연한 결과
adj. - 필연적으로

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 必然的な帰結, 当然の結果, 系

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) استدلال, نتيجه لازمه, تابعه, نتيجه طبيعيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסקנה, תוצאה‬
adj. - ‮קשור ב-, מזוהה עם, משלים את, מהווה תוצאה או מסקנה‬

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