sequent
Americanadjective
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following; successive.
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following logically or naturally; consequent.
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characterized by continuous succession; consecutive.
noun
adjective
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following in order or succession
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following as a result; consequent
noun
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something that follows; consequence
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logic a formal representation of an argument. The inference of A from A & B is written A & B ̃⊢ A. The sequent ̃⊢ A represents the derivation of A from no assumptions and thus indicates that A is a theorem
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Origin of sequent
1550–60; < Latin sequent- (stem of sequēns, present participle of sequī to follow), equivalent to sequ- follow + -ent- -ent
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Bellow's sub sequent novel, Henderson the Rain King, rambled even more; and in Herzog the tension has snapped completely in a flood of good will.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there is no indication that sub sequent crops on the same land are affected by the chemical dousing.
From Time Magazine Archive
His voyage was the next Portuguese step sequent upon that of Bartholomew Dias.
From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John
To have contrived such an elaborate allegory, so welded link by sequent link together, seems an exercise of logical patience to which Blake would hardly have submitted his passionate genius, his overstrained and wayward will.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
If the Yankee were quick at work, he fulfilled the other sequent of the adage likewise.
From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely
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