subcontrary Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sub*con"tra*ry adjective
Definitions
  1. Contrary in an inferior degree.
  2. (Geom.) 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. Brande & C.
  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.
Sub*con"tra*ry noun
Wordforms
plural Subcontraries
Definitions
  1. (Logic) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.

Webster 1913