| subcontrary | 1. Contrary in an inferior degree. 2. <geometry> Having, or being in, a contrary order; said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel. 3. <logic> Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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