Meaning & use
corollary
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A natural or logical consequence that follows from something else.
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Increased traffic congestion is a corollary of the city's rapid population growth.
In mathematics, a corollary is a statement that follows readily from a previously proven theorem.
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Corollary is common in both everyday reasoning, as in "a corollary of success is scrutiny," and formal mathematics or logic, where it follows directly from a proven theorem.
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