cor|ol|lar|y

cor|ol|lar|y
cor|ol|lar|y «KR uh LEHR ee, KOR-; especially British KUHROL uhr ee», noun, plural -lar|ies, adjective.
–n.
1. a natural consequence or result: »

Destruction and suffering are corollaries of war.

2. an inference; deduction.
3. something proved by inference from something else already proved.
–adj.
of the nature of a corollary.
╂[< Late Latin corollārium (in Latin, money paid for a gift) < corolla; see etym. under corolla (Cf. ↑corolla)]

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  • cor|pus|cu|lar|i|an — «kr PUHS kyuh LAYR ee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. having to do with corpuscles or with the corpuscular philosophy. –n. a person who favors or believes in the corpuscular philosophy …   Useful english dictionary

  • cor|pus|cu|lar — «kr PUHS kyuh luhr», adjective. of corpuscles; consisting of corpuscles; like that of corpuscles: »That spring the sun emitted a series of unusually strong and well defined corpuscular clouds (Scientific American). SYNONYM(S): cellular …   Useful english dictionary

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  • lar — acap·su·lar; acel·lu·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; acic·u·lar; ac·i·no·tu·bu·lar; ad·mi·nic·u·lar; ad·u·lar·ia; ae·dic·u·lar; afla·gel·lar; aglo·mer·u·lar; agui·lar·ite; ali·vin·cu·lar; al·lar·gan·do; al·ve·o·lar·i·form; am·phi·sty·lar; …   English syllables

  • en|do|cor|pus|cu|lar — «EHN doh kr PUHS kyuh luhr», adjective. within a corpuscle …   Useful english dictionary

  • corollary — cor•ol•lar•y [[t]ˈkɔr əˌlɛr i, ˈkɒr [/t]] esp. brit., [[t]kəˈrɒl ə ri[/t]] n. pl. lar•ies 1) math. Math. a proposition incidentally proved in proving another proposition 2) an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion 3) a natural… …   From formal English to slang

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  • correlarsi — cor·re·làr·si v.pronom.intr. (io mi corrèlo) CO entrare in correlazione …   Dizionario italiano

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