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contrapositive

[kon-truh-poz-i-tiv] / ˌkɒn trəˈpɒz ɪ tɪv /


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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

The positive and the contrapositive are of the same kind.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

It is always by means of some contrapositive that we make the object of our thoughts definite; it is not necessarily always the same opposite, but against whatever opposite it is, they are always homogeneous.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

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




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