I'm having a brain fart right now. I'm trying to remember the word that means
"like" , "similar to" or "related to" when referring to a law.

Example:
[i]"An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force."[i]

I've developed a _______ to this law that applies to doing anything out of the ordinary.

Johnny First Law of Butt Inertia:
"A butt at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force A butt in motion will stay in motion if it gets off the damn couch."


Any suggestions?

1/25/2006 6:36:25 PM

corollary?

1/25/2006 6:43:31 PM

^That is the first word that came to my mind.

1/25/2006 6:47:39 PM

That's what I first thought and may end up using. I'm just wondering if there is a better word out there.

I know this is some stupid shit, but I don't want to catch any grief about using the wrong word. This is blurb from a magazine article I'm writing.

1/25/2006 6:48:51 PM

Wow, it must be an awesome magazine.

1/25/2006 7:46:06 PM

generalization?

1/25/2006 8:14:51 PM

no, a corollary generally refers to something of an exception to a rule, or more like a specific condition that needs to be taken into account

if you want something meaning "similar to" you might want to try "analogue" or something like that

1/25/2006 8:17:52 PM

Thanks ya'll. I ended up dropping the sentence I had in mind and won't need it.

1/25/2006 8:40:22 PM

a corollary is something that results from a theorem.

1/25/2006 8:43:55 PM

Hence why I was asking the math gurus here on Tdub. It's been years since I've done theorems and proofs.

1/25/2006 8:58:06 PM

paerabol is right that analogue is probably the word you were looking for, but that's not what a corollary is. as virga said, a corollary is a statement resulting from a theorem that requires little or no additional proof.

1/25/2006 8:58:13 PM