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corollary

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cor⋅ol⋅lar⋅y

  [kawr-uh-ler-ee, kor-; especially Brit., kuh-rol-uh-ree]
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–noun, plural -lar⋅ies.
1. Mathematics. a proposition that is incidentally proved in proving another proposition.
2. an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion.
3. a natural consequence or result.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < LL corollārium corollary, in L: money paid for a garland, a gift, gratuity. See corolla, -ary
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cor·ol·lar·y   (kôr'ə-lěr'ē, kŏr'-)   
n.   pl. cor·ol·lar·ies

  1. A proposition that follows with little or no proof required from one already proven.

  2. A deduction or an inference.

  3. A natural consequence or effect; a result.

adj.  Consequent; resultant.

[Middle English corolarie, from Latin corōllārium, money paid for a garland, gratuity, from corōlla, small garland; see corolla.]
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corollary 
c.1380, from L.L. corollarium "a deduction, consequence," from L. corollarium, originally "money paid for a garland," hence "gift, gratuity, something extra," from corolla "small garland," dim. of corona "crown."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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