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Webster 1913 Edition


Consequent

Con′se-quent

,
Adj.
[L.
consequens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
consequi
to follow;
con-
+
sequi to follow
: cf. F.
conséquent
. 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.

Con′se-quent

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Consequent

CONSEQUENT

,
Adj.
[L.]
1.
Following, as the natural effect; with to or on.
The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal.
His poverty was consequent on his vices.
2.
Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as a proposition consequent to other propositions.

CONSEQUENT

,
Noun.
1.
Effect; that which follows a cause.
They were ill governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.
2.
That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion or inference.

Definition 2024


conséquent

conséquent

See also: consequent

French

Adjective

conséquent m (feminine singular conséquente, masculine plural conséquents, feminine plural conséquentes)

  1. Acting or operating in a consistent or logical manner; coherent.
  2. Ensuing logically from something else; consequent.
  3. (Europe, informal) Large; considerable; important.

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

conséquent m (plural conséquents)

  1. the second term in various semantic or logical relationship where the first term is called the antécédent
  2. (music) a countersubject.