Definitions

1. noun

A proposition or statement that follows necessarily from another proposition or statement.

“The economist explained the economic crisis as a corollary of the government’s policies.”

2. noun

A statement that follows logically from a preceding statement or set of statements.

“The discovery of penicillin was a corollary of Alexander Fleming’s observation of mold growth.”

3. noun

Something that is a consequence or result of something else, often in a logical or mathematical sense.

“The theorem’s corollary provided a crucial insight into the underlying structure of the mathematical model.”

4. noun

A conclusion or inference drawn from a set of premises or data.

“The study’s findings led to several corollaries about the effectiveness of the new treatment.”