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
Every impression felt is felt as a change or transition from something else: but it is a variation of the same impression—the something else, the contrapositive, is not entirely different.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
This appearance arises from mentally reading the E as an A proposition: but, if it were so taken, the result would be its contrapositive, and not its converse by negation.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
But take the obverse of the contrapositive of both premises: All m is p; All m is s: ∴ Some s is p.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
