Usually means: Inverse of the statement's negation.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. contrapositive: Merriam-Webster
  2. contrapositive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contrapositive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contrapositive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contrapositive: Wordnik
  6. contrapositive: Wiktionary
  7. contrapositive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. contrapositive: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. contrapositive: Dictionary.com
  10. Contrapositive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. contrapositive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Contrapositive (logic), contrapositive: Legal dictionary

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  1. contrapositive: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contrapositive: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contrapositive)

▸ noun:  (logic) The inverse of the converse of a given logical implication.

Similar:
inverse, contraponend, counterconclusion, counterproof, flip side, counter, opposite, contraposition, antithesis, contrariant, more...

Opposite:
converse

Phrases:
Proof by contrapositive, more...

Adjectives:
full, partial, obverted, logical, equivalent, second, invalid, valid

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Similar:
inverse, contraponend, counterconclusion, counterproof, flip side, counter, opposite, contraposition, antithesis, contrariant, more...

Opposite:
converse

Phrases:
Proof by contrapositive, more...

Adjectives:
full, partial, obverted, logical, equivalent, second, invalid, valid



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