'Consistency' definitions:
Definition of 'consistency'
From: WordNet
noun
The property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" [syn: consistency, consistence, eubstance, body]
noun
A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts [syn: consistency, consistence] [ant: inconsistency]
noun
Logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"
noun
(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
Definition of 'Consistency'
From: GCIDE
- Consistence \Con*sist"ence\, Consistency \Con*sist"en*cy\, n. [Cf. F. consistance.]
- 1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. [1913 Webster]
- Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- The same form, substance, and consistency. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A degree of firmness, density, viscosity, or spissitude; a measure of the ability to hold together when manipulated.
- Syn: body. [1913 Webster]
- Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which stands together as a united whole; a combination. [1913 Webster]
- The church of God, as meaning the whole consistence of orders and members. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency. [1913 Webster]
- His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character. [1913 Webster]
- That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Consistency, thou art a jewel. --Popular Saying. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consistency'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodation,
- accord,
- accordance,
- acquiescence,
- adaptation,
- adaption,
- adhesiveness,
- adjustment,
- affinity,
- agreement,
- apposition,
- aptness,
- assent,
- balance,
- bilateral symmetry,
- bullheadedness,
- calm,
- chorus,
- clarity,
- clear-cutness,
- clearness,
- closeness,
- coherence,
- cohesiveness,
- coincidence,
- compactness,
- compatibility,
- compliance,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordance,
- conformance,
- conformation,
- conformation other-direction,
- conformity,
- congeniality,
- congestedness,
- congestion,
- congruence,
- congruency,
- congruity,
- connectedness,
- connection,
- consecutiveness,
- consistence,
- consonance,
- consort,
- constancy,
- continuity,
- conventionality,
- cooperation,
- correspondence,
- crowdedness,
- crystallinity,
- definition,
- denseness,
- density,
- directness,
- distinctness,
- dynamic symmetry,
- equability,
- equality,
- equanimity,
- equilibrium,
- equivalence,
- eurythmics,
- eurythmy,
- evenness,
- explicitness,
- felicity,
- finish,
- firmness,
- fitness,
- flexibility,
- gluiness,
- glutinosity,
- gumminess,
- hardness,
- harmony,
- homogeneity,
- impenetrability,
- impermeability,
- imporosity,
- incompressibility,
- intersection,
- jammedness,
- keeping,
- likeness,
- limpidity,
- line,
- lucidity,
- malleability,
- monolithism,
- multilateral symmetry,
- obedience,
- observance,
- obstinacy,
- oneness,
- orderliness,
- orthodoxy,
- overlap,
- parallelism,
- peace,
- pellucidity,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- perspicuity,
- plain English,
- plain speech,
- plain style,
- plainness,
- pliancy,
- polarity,
- proportion,
- proportionality,
- rapport,
- reconcilement,
- reconciliation,
- regularity,
- relative density,
- retention,
- self-consistency,
- sequence,
- shapeliness,
- similarity,
- simplicity,
- snugness,
- solidity,
- solidness,
- specific gravity,
- spissitude,
- stability,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stickiness,
- straightforwardness,
- strictness,
- structure,
- stubbornness,
- suitability,
- symmetricalness,
- symmetry,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- tackiness,
- tally,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- thickness,
- tightness,
- timing,
- toughness,
- traditionalism,
- transparency,
- transpicuity,
- trilateral symmetry,
- unadorned style,
- unambiguousness,
- unequivocalness,
- uniformity,
- union,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- unity,
- unmistakableness,
- unruffledness,
- viscidity,
- viscosity,
- viscousness