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
Prove indirectly the truth of the contrapositive of 'All A is B.' 4.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
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
So a man may say, "All men are mortal," meaning that the angels never taste death, "angels" being the contrapositive of his subject "men".
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
