consequent


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
consequent/ˈkɒnsɪkwənt/
adjective
  • 1 following as a consequence.

    archaic logically consistent.

  • 2 Geology (of a stream or valley) having a direction or character determined by the original slope of the land before erosion.
noun
  • 1 Logic the second part of a conditional proposition, whose truth is stated to be implied by that of the antecedent.
  • 2 Music the second or imitating voice or part in a canon.
– derivatives
consequential adjective,
consequentiality noun,
consequentially adverb.
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