Subcontrary is a 11 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter Y for which we found 4 definitions.
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(a.) Contrary in an inferior degree. |
(a.) 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. |
(a.) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false. |
(n.) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree. |