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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consequent \Con"se*quent\, a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr of consequi to follow con- + sequi to follow: cf F. cons['e]quent. See {Second}, and cf {Consecution}.] 1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. The right was consequent to and built on an act perfectly personal. --Locke. 2. (Logic) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consequent \Con"se*quent\, n. 1. That which follows, or results from a cause a result or natural effect. They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. --Sir J. Davies. 2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference. 3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: consequent adj : 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 flowers" [syn: {ensuant}, {resultant}, {resulting(a)}, {sequent}]
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