con·sec·u·tive   (kən-sěk'yə-tĭv)    adj.   Following one after another without interruption; successive: was absent on three consecutive days; won five consecutive games on the road. Marked by logical sequence. Grammar Expressing consequence or result: a consecutive clause. [French consécutif, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, from cōnsecūtus, past participle of Latin cōnsequī, to follow closely; see consequent.] con·sec'u·tive·ly adv., con·sec'u·tive·ness n.

Consecutive

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.

consecutive 

Main Entry: con·sec·u·tive
Function: adjective
: following one after the other in order —con·sec·u·tive·ly adverb