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consequent

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con⋅se⋅quent

  [kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt]
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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.”
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 consequēns, prp. of consequī to follow closely). See con-, sequent
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con·se·quent   (kŏn'sĭ-kwěnt', -kwənt)   
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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