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Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Subcontrary
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(1):
(a.) Contrary in an inferior degree.
(2):
(n.) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.
(3):
(a.) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
(4):
(a.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Subcontrary'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/subcontrary.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Subcontrary'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/subcontrary.html. 1828.