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Corollary

That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous.

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Aftermath 76% connected

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.

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Consequence 76% connected

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

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Illation 76% connected

The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; c…

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Inference 76% connected

The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

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Analogy noun · 86% connection

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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Assumption noun · 86% connection

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…

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Axiom noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

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Conclusion noun · 86% connection

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…

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Contradiction in terms noun · 86% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Converse noun · 86% connection

a proposition obtained by conversion

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Deduction noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Derivation noun · 86% connection

a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

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Entailment noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Extrapolation noun · 86% connection

an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations

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Implication noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Import noun · 86% connection

a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation…

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Lemma noun · 86% connection

a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition

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Negation noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

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Particular noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

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Posit noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

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Postulate noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

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Premise noun · 86% connection

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…

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Access noun · 78% connection

Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]

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Accession noun · 78% connection

A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a rig…

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Accretion noun · 78% connection

The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.

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Addendum noun · 78% connection

A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.

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Additament noun · 78% connection

An addition, or a thing added.

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Addition noun · 78% connection

Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.

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Additional adjective · 78% connection

Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

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Annotation noun · 78% connection

a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the addre…

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Anthology noun · 78% connection

A collection of flowers; a garland.

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Bissextile noun · 78% connection

Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5…

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Catchdrain noun · 78% connection

A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.

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Chronogram noun · 78% connection

An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular d…

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Complement verb · 78% connection

A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.

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