Other forms: corollaries
A corollary is something that follows immediately from what is proved. A natural corollary, the corollary is, as a corollary.
In mathematics it is a formal category: a corollary needs no separate proof because the theorem has already done the work. In ordinary use it means a consequence that follows without further argument. Note that the Latin corollarium meant a garland given as a tip — something thrown in on top.
1nouncorollarySomething that follows immediately from what is proved.
“Once the main theorem was proved, the corollary followed in just two lines.”
corollary is a consequence.
The Latin corolla is a small garland, handed out free on top of the main prize. A corollary is the extra that comes automatically once the main thing is already true.
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Latin corollarium meant a garland or a gratuity, from corolla, a small garland. Crown and corona come from the same circle.
Latin
corōllārium — money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction
English, today
corollary
Built from
From Middle English -, from Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA