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con·se·quent

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–adjective

1.	following as an effect or result; resulting (often fol. by on, upon, or to): a fall in price consequent to a rise in production.

2.	following as a logical conclusion: a consequent law.

3.	following or progressing logically: consequent reasoning.

–noun

4.	anything that follows upon something else, with or without a causal relationship.

5.	Logic. the second member of a conditional proposition, as “Caesar was a great general” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”

Mathematics.

a.	the second term of a ratio.

b.	the second of two vectors in a dyad.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME (n.) < L consequent- (s. of consequéns, prp. of consequī to follow closely). See con-, sequent

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con·se·quent Audio Help (kŏn'sĭ-kwěnt', -kwənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Following as a natural effect, result, or conclusion: tried to prevent an oil spill and the consequent damage to wildlife.
2. Following as a logical conclusion.
Logically correct or consistent.
Geology Having a position or direction determined by the original form or slope of the earth's surface: a consequent river; a consequent valley.

Logic The conclusion, as of a syllogism or a conditional sentence.
The second term of a ratio.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cōnsequēns, cōnsequent-, present participle of cōnsequī, to follow closely : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sequī, to follow; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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consequent
adjective
following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" [syn: attendant]

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Consequent

Con`se*cu"tion\, n. [L. consecutio. See Consequent.]

1. A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence. --Sir M. Hale.

2. A succession or series of any kind. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton.

Month of consecution (Astron.), a month as reckoned from one conjunction of the moon with the sun to another.

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Consequent

Con*sec"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. cons['e]cutif. See Consequent.]

1. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.

2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.

The actions of a man consecutive to volition. --Locke.

3. (Mus.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden.

Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption.

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