consequent

[ kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. following as an effect or result; resulting (often followed by on, upon, or to): a fall in price consequent to a rise in production.

  2. following as a logical conclusion: a consequent law.

  1. following or progressing logically: consequent reasoning.

noun
  1. anything that follows upon something else, with or without a causal relationship.

  2. Logic. the second member of a conditional proposition, as “Caesar was a great general” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”

  1. Mathematics.

    • the second term of a ratio.

    • the second of two vectors in a dyad.

Origin of consequent

1
1350–1400; Middle English (noun) <Latin consequent- (stem of consequēns, present participle of consequī to follow closely). See con-, sequent

Other words from consequent

  • non·con·se·quent, adjective

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consequent

/ (ˈkɒnsɪkwənt) /


adjective
  1. following as an effect or result

  2. following as a logical conclusion or by rational argument

  1. (of a river) flowing in the direction of the original slope of the land or dip of the strata

noun
  1. something that follows something else, esp as a result

  2. logic the resultant clause in a conditional sentence

  1. affirming the consequent logic the fallacy of inferring the antecedent of a conditional sentence, given the truth of the conditional and its consequent, as if John is six feet tall, he's more than five feet: he's more than five feet so he's six feet

  2. an obsolete term for denominator (def. 1)

Origin of consequent

1
C15: from Latin consequēns following closely, from consequī to pursue

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