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con·se·quent       [kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt] Pronunciation Key
–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.”
6.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       (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.
  2. Logically correct or consistent.
  3. Geology Having a position or direction determined by the original form or slope of the earth's surface: a consequent river; a consequent valley.

n.  
  1. Logic The conclusion, as of a syllogism or a conditional sentence.
  2. 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 sekw-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*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.

The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. --Locke.

2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

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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Consequent

Con"se*quent\, n. 1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. --Sir J. Davies.

2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

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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