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 positive in thought has a contrapositive, and the positive and contrapositive are of the same kind.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
The positive and the contrapositive are of the same kind.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
Or he may mean merely that mortality is a sad thing, his positive subject being men as they are, and his contrapositive men as he desires them to be.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
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