Consequent

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consequent \Con"se*quent\, n.
     1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or
        natural effect.
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              They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent


              of ill payment.                       --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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     2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational
        deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or
        argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
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     3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the
        ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consequent \Con"se*quent\, a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of
     consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F.
     cons['e]quent. See {Second}, and cf. {Consecution}.]
     1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
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              The right was consequent to, and built on, an act
              perfectly personal.                   --Locke.
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     2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational
        deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other
        propositions.
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     {Consequent points}, {Consequent poles} (Magnetism), a number
        of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the
        axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but
        the two poles at the extremities.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  consequent
       adj : following as an effect or result; "the period of tension and
             consequent need for military preparedness"; "the
             ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings
             were considerable"; "the health of the plants and the
             resulting flowers" [syn: {ensuant}, {resultant}, {resulting(a)},
              {sequent}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "consequent":
     appendant, consequential, derivational, derivative, ensuing, final,
     following, intelligent, logical, next, posterior, postpositional,
     postpositive, proximate, reasonable, resultant, resulting,
     sensible, sequacious, sequent, sequential, sound, subsequent,
     succeeding, successive, suffixed