Corollaries

/kəˈrɑləriz/ noun

Definition

Plural of corollary; things that follow naturally or inevitably from something else, or secondary consequences of a main fact.

Etymology

From Latin corollarium (small gift, garland) → corollary; originally meant something added as a bonus, then evolved to mean logical consequences in mathematics and philosophy.

Kelly Says

When you discover a major scientific truth, the corollaries can be equally important—Einstein's relativity had corollaries about gravity and light that took decades to fully understand and verify experimentally.

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