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 Stock, St. George William Joseph
So a man may say, "All men are mortal," meaning that the angels never taste death, "angels" being the contrapositive of his subject "men".
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Every impression felt is felt as a change or transition from something else: but it is a variation of the same impression—the something else, the contrapositive, is not entirely different.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
