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English → English (gcide) Definition: Subcontrary Subcontrary \Sub*con"tra*ry\, a. 1. Contrary in an inferior degree. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Subcontrary \Sub*con"tra*ry\, n.; pl. Subcontraries. (Logic) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree. [1913 Webster]