Thesaurus: consequent

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1. a. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
2. a. Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.
3. n. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.
4. n. That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
5. n. The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
6. adj. occurring with or following as a consequence
7. 1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke. 2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions. 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. 1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect. They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. Sir J. Davies. 2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference. 3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
8. Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, aproposition consequent to other propositions. Consequent points,Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed undercertain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, whichregularly has but the two poles at the extremities.
9. j:100 s following or accompanying as a consequence