'Consequent' definitions:
Definition of 'consequent'
From: WordNet
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, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent]
Definition of 'Consequent'
From: GCIDE
- Consequent \Con"se*quent\, n.
- 1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect. [1913 Webster]
- They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Consequent'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consequent'
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