countertheorem

noun

countertheorem

noun

Etymology From counter- + theorem.

1

A theorem formulated in opposition to another.

William Smith's demonstration that similar fossils identify the same formation at different places induced the countertheorem that different fossils indicate formations of different ages.1960, James Marvin Weller, Stratigraphic Principles and Practice, page 480:

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