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Meaning of "subcontrary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUBCONTRARY

subcontrary  [sʌbˈkɒntrərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBCONTRARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Subcontrary can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SUBCONTRARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Immediate inference

An immediate inference is an inference which can be made from only one statement or proposition. For instance, from the statement "All toads are green." we can make the immediate inference that "No toads are not green." There are a number of immediate inferences which can validly be made using logical operations, the result of which is a logically equivalent statement form to the given statement. There are also invalid immediate inferences which are syllogistic fallacies.

Definition of subcontrary in the English dictionary

The definition of subcontrary in the dictionary is a statement that cannot be false when a given statement is false.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUBCONTRARY


arbitrary
ˈɑːbɪtrərɪ
bizarrerie
bɪˈzɑːrərɪ
cinerary
ˈsɪnərərɪ
contemporary
kənˈtɛmprərɪ
contrary
ˈkɒntrərɪ
cotemporary
kəʊˈtɛmpərərɪ
extraliterary
ˌekstrəˈlɪtrərɪ
funerary
ˈfjuːnərərɪ
honorary
ˈɒnərərɪ
horary
ˈhɔːrərɪ
interlibrary
ˌɪntəˈlaɪbrərɪ
itinerary
aɪˈtɪnərərɪ
librairie
ˈliːbrərɪ
library
ˈlaɪbrərɪ
literary
ˈlɪtərərɪ
orrery
ˈɒrərɪ
petrary
ˈpetrərɪ
registrary
ˈredʒɪstrərɪ
supernumerary
ˌsuːpəˈnjuːmərərɪ
temporary
ˈtɛmpərərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBCONTRARY

subconscious
subconsciously
subconsciousness
subconsul
subcontiguous
subcontinent
subcontinental
subcontinuous
subcontract
subcontracting
subcontractor
subcontraoctave
subcontraries
subcontrariety
subcool
subcordate
subcoriaceous
subcortex
subcortical
subcortices

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBCONTRARY

British Library
circulating library
dynamic link library
film library
games library
gene library
lending library
mobile library
nonarbitrary
on the contrary
picture library
public library
reference library
rental library
school library
software library
sound library
Tipperary
video library
vulnerary

Synonyms and antonyms of subcontrary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «subcontrary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUBCONTRARY

Find out the translation of subcontrary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of subcontrary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «subcontrary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

subcontrary
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subcontrary
570 millions of speakers

English

subcontrary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

subcontrary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

subcontrary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

subcontrary
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subcontrary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

subcontrary
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

subcontraire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Subcontrary
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

subkonträr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

subcontrary
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

subcontrary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Subcontrary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

subcontrary
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

subcontrary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उपपरंपरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

subcontrary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

subcontrary
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

subcontrary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

subcontrary
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subcontrary
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

subcontrary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

subcontrary
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

subcontrary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

subcontrary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of subcontrary

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBCONTRARY»

The term «subcontrary» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.895 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBCONTRARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «subcontrary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «subcontrary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about subcontrary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBCONTRARY»

Discover the use of subcontrary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to subcontrary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Aristotelian Logic
Def. 5a. A standard categorical is the subcontrary (or the sub- contrary opposite) of an opposed proposition iffi they are both particular and differ in quality. Def. 5b. Subcontrariety (of opposites) (or subcontrary opposition) is the relation between ...
William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, 1991
2
Formal Logic: Or, the Calculus of Inference, Necessary and ...
D.C.C. Subidentical of subcontrary is subcontrary. _ D'C'C' Sdperidentical of supercontrary is supercontrary. CrD'Cr Subcontrary of superidentical is subcontrary. . _ C'DlC' Supercontrary of subidentical is supercontrary. C.C'l). Subcontrary of ...
Augustus De Morgan, 1847
3
The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long].
The two first of these forms are treated of in the article Semiphyllidians. The fourth family, Akera, comprises the genera Bulla [Bci.i.ad.e], Bellerophon, Bullcea, Lobaria, Sormetus, Gastr-roplera [BiiLLAD«],and Atlas. SUBCONTRARY. This word ...
Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, George Long, 1842
4
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
The fourth family, Akera, comprises the genera Bulla [Bcllad«], Bellerophon, Bullcea, Lobaria, Sormetus, Gasteroptera [BulladjIs], and Allot. SUBCONTRARY. This word is applied par icularly to the sections of a cone, in a manner which, without ...
‎1842
5
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
SUBCONTRARY. This word is applied particularly to the sections of a cone, in a manner which, without interfering with that use, would allow of its definition being generalised as follows : — When a figure or solid is symmetrical, so that equal ...
George Long, 1842
6
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
The two first of these forms aro treated of in the article Semiphyllidians. The fourth family, Akera, comprises the genera Bulla [Bullad/k], Belleropho.v, Bullcea, Loburia, Sormetus, Gasteropteia [BuLi.AD.as], and Allot. SUBCONTRARY. This word ...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1842
7
The Geometry of an Art: The History of the Mathematical ...
Commandino's proof is based on Apollonius's concept of a subcontrary section to a given conic section, in casu to a circle. Let AB (figure IV.27) be the diameter of a circular section in the cone with vertex S, and let a plane a perpendicular to ...
Kirsti Andersen, 2008
8
The English Cyclopaedia: Division. Geography. 4v. and Suppl
SUBCONTRARY. This word is particularly applied to the sections of a cone, in a manner which, without interfering with that application, would allow of its definition being generalised as follows : — When a figure or solid is symmetrical, so that ...
Charles Knight, 1868
9
Philosophy and Humanism: Reinaissance Essays in Honor of ...
2 Archytas gives definitions of each of the three standard means, and calls attention to the fact that the third mean, which used to be called "subcontrary," is now called "harmonic" on account of its usefulness in music theory. Iamblichus is  ...
Edward Patrick Mahoney, 1976
10
The Monochord in Ancient Greek Harmonic Science
subcontrary or harmonic) which can be found 'in music'. Just how they can be found there is not spelled out in the passage Porphyry quotes, but Porphyry is clearly not interested in that issue; he quotes the passage not for its definition of the ...
David Creese, 2010

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