corollary.
A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
Meaning & usage
A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
An a fortiori occurrence, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.
Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.
A proposition which follows easily from the statement or 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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).
Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.
Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).
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