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per alia

per alia adverb: by others; through others. Said of a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions.

Adverb

per alia (not comparable)

  1. By others; through others. Said of a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions.
    • If humans are mortal, and Socrates is a human, then per alia Socrates is mortal.

Origin of per alia

Borrowed from Latin per alia, from per (“by; through”) + alia (“others”).

Questions about per alia

What does per alia mean?
Per alia means by others; through others. Said of a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions.
What part of speech is per alia?
Per alia is an adverb.

Words near per alia in the dictionary

  1. Pequods
  2. Pequot
  3. Pequots
  4. per
  5. per accidens
  6. per alia
  7. per annum
  8. per anum
  9. per bend
  10. per bend sinister
  11. per capita

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