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

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

• nonsequent adjective
• sequently adverb
• unsequent adjective

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

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

They may be pursued much in the same way, or by alternations in which each prior study favors the sequent one.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul

Parents, physician, and nurses no doubt witnessed from day to day such anomalous and changeful manifestations, sequent upon the administration of “physic,” as confounded their judgments, and made them at last suspect “an evil hand.”

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen

And so it happened to these conspirators, as the sequent chapter will declare.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John