sequent

American  

[see-kwuhnt] / ˈsi kwənt /

adjective

1. following; successive.

2. following logically or naturally; consequent.

3. characterized by continuous succession; consecutive.

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noun

• sequents
  plural

1. something that follows in order or as a result.

sequent British  

/ ˈsiːkwənt /

adjective

1. following in order or succession

2. following as a result; consequent

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noun

1. something that follows; consequence

2. 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

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonsequent
  adjective
• unsequent
  adjective
• sequently
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• sequents
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sequent

1550–60; < Latin sequent- (stem of sequēns, present participle of sequī to follow), equivalent to sequ- follow + -ent- -ent

Example Sentences

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sequent sequents

But there is no indication that sub sequent crops on the same land are affected by the chemical dousing.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Merely that this case is met by another and sequent assumption, which constitutes an integral part of the Neo-Darwinian creed—namely, that in nature there can be no such characters.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by George John Romanes

Were Odin chained, or dead, that God he serves Could raise a thousand Odins— Rome's Founder-King beside his Augur standing Noted twelve ravens borne in sequent flight O'er Alba's crags.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere

In chromatic movements his modulation was as easy and sequent as in diatonic.

From Johann Sebastian Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forkel

Now it must be supposed to have a connexion by a chain of sequents and antecedents with a first cause.

From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan

Thus in men we do not observe the volition or nisus in their wills, but the phenomena which form the sequents of the nisus.

From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan

We have seen how every volition is connected with its motive; how the motive lies in a pre-constitution; how the series of antecedents and sequents necessarily runs back and connects itself with the infinite wisdom.

From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan

Have we here anything beyond stated antecedents and sequents?

From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan

Absolute and necessary connexion of all sequents and antecedents in nature.

From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan