consequent
UK /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/ · US /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/ adjective, noun
Forms consequents
- adjective Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. “His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.”
- adjective Of or pertaining to consequences.
- adjective (geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
- noun (logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
- noun An event which follows another.
- noun (mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
- noun (geology) A consequent stream.
Synonyms
attendant accompanying concomitant incidental ensuant resultant sequent
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
- adjective 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.
- noun That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.
- noun That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
Etymology [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. conséquent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “consequent”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details