corollaryとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /kɒˈɹɒləɹi/, /ˈkɒɹələɹi/
• (米国発音) enPR: kôr'əlĕrē, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹəˌlɛɹi/

名詞

corollary (複数形 corollaries)

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

3. (mathematics, logic) 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.

形容詞

corollary (not comparable)

1. (まれに) Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.

Further reading

• corollary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• corollary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.