corollario

corollary

noun koh-rol-LAH-ryoh Rare

Origin: From Latin corollarium (small garland; a gratuity), used in logic/mathematics.

Also means

consequence

Usage Note

Corollario in mathematics is a proposition that follows directly from a proved theorem with little extra work. In everyday Italian it is used figuratively for a natural or logical consequence: come corollario di questo ragionamento (as a corollary to this reasoning). The plural is regular: corollari.

Examples

"Questo è un corollario del teorema principale."

Natural Translation

This is a corollary of the main theorem.

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