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
Under the same law, we know that he has a homogeneous contrapositive of the subject, a subject that admits of the same predicate, some other book in short.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Every positive in thought has a contrapositive, and the positive and contrapositive are of the same kind.
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
