consequent

[ kon-si-kwent, -kwuh nt ]

/ ˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛnt, -kwənt /

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adjective

following as an effect or result; resulting (often followed by on, upon, or to): a fall in price consequent to a rise in production.

following as a logical conclusion: a consequent law.

following or progressing logically: consequent reasoning.

noun

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

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

Mathematics.

the second term of a ratio.
the second of two vectors in a dyad.

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Origin of consequent

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

Related formsnon·con·se·quent, adjective

Can be confusedconsequent subsequent

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Examples from the Web for consequent

His consequent chagrin was so great as nearly if not quite to render him insane.
Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia|Maturin M. Ballou
The consequent modification would be profound in the matter of sexual habit and appetite.
Social Origins and Primal Law|Andrew Lang
It is a sense of delicacy, consequent upon some dread of wrong-doing.
Gwen Wynn|Mayne Reid
On account of the ebb tide and consequent lay of the corks, we worked back, in reverse order, eastwards.
A Poor Man's House|Stephen Sydney Reynolds

In range animals the first symptom noted is generally the sudden falling of the animal and consequent inability to rise.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture

British Dictionary definitions for consequent

consequent

/ (ˈkɒnsɪkwənt) /

adjective

following as an effect or result

following as a logical conclusion or by rational argument

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

noun

something that follows something else, esp as a result

logic the resultant clause in a conditional sentence

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

an obsolete term for denominator (def. 1)

Word Origin for consequent

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

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Word Origin and History for consequent

consequent

adj.

late 14c., in various senses now restricted to consequence, from Middle French conséquent "following, resulting," from Latin consequentem (nominative consequens); see consequence. Meaning "an event which follows another" is from 1610s. Mathematical sense is from 1560s. Related: Consequently.

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