corollary

/kɔˈɹoʊˌlɛɹi//ˈkɔɹəˌlɛɹi/

noun

  1. 1

    Something given beyond what is actually due; something added or superfluous.

  2. 2

    Something which occurs a fortiori, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.

    Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.
  3. 3

    A proposition which follows easily from the proof of another proposition.

    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.

adjective

  1. 1

    Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.

  2. 2

    Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.

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