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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consistent \Con*sist"ent\, a. [L. consistens, p. pr.: cf F. consistant.] 1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. The humoral and consistent parts of the body. --Harvey. 2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory. Show me one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour. --Pope. With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. --South. 3. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions. It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: consistent adj 1: (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts"; "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR [ant: {inconsistent}] 2: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts "a logical argument"; "the orderly presentation" [syn: {logical}, {ordered}, {orderly}] 3: capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained" [syn: {reproducible}] [ant: {unreproducible}] 4: the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product" [syn: {uniform}]
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