Category:Subcontrary

Sub*con"tra*ry, a.

1. Contrary in an inferior degree.

2. (geom.)

Defn: 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. Brande & c.

3. (logic)

Defn: denoting the relation of opposition between the particular Affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and Only one can be false.

Subcontrary Sub*con"tra*ry, n.; pl. Subcontraries (. (logic)

Defn: a subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary In a lower degree.