contrapositive
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The proof of part ii. is the contrapositive of part i.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
He has a wife and kids at home," says twin Nicole, who then states the contrapositive of the real lesson of reality programming: "Celebs like him are just average normal people.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prove indirectly the truth of the contrapositive of 'All A is B.' 4.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
This appearance arises from mentally reading the E as an A proposition: but, if it were so taken, the result would be its contrapositive, and not its converse by negation.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
In the case of the I proposition the contrapositive is impossible, as infringing the main rule of conversion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
