subcontrary (English, adj)
expansion: subcontrary (not comparable)
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topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Contrary in an inferior degree.
Having, or being in, a contrary order; said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel.
tags: not-comparable
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Contrary in an inferior degree.
Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
tags: not-comparable
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