meaning of consequent
1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
2. Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.
3. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.
4. That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
5. The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
6. following as an effect or result; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "the health of the plants and the resulting
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Related Words
consequent | consequential | consequentially | consequentialness | consequently |
