CONSEQUENT Definition & Meaning

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consequent

[ kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt ]

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adjective

following as an effect or result; resulting (often followed by on, upon, or to ):
a fall in price consequent to a rise in production.
following as a logical conclusion:
a consequent law.
following or progressing logically:
consequent reasoning.

noun

anything that follows upon something else, with or without a causal relationship.
Logic. the second member of a conditional proposition, as “Caesar was a great general” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”
Mathematics.
1. the second term of a ratio.
2. the second of two vectors in a dyad.

consequent

/ ˈ��ɒ�Բ�ɪ��ə�Գ� /

adjective

following as an effect or result
following as a logical conclusion or by rational argument
(of a river) flowing in the direction of the original slope of the land or dip of the strata

noun

something that follows something else, esp as a result
logic the resultant clause in a conditional sentence
affirming the consequent
logic the fallacy of inferring the antecedent of a conditional sentence, given the truth of the conditional and its consequent, as if John is six feet tall, he's more than five feet: he's more than five feet so he's six feet
an obsolete term for denominator

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Usage

See consequential

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Other �y��vlog Forms

�Դǲ�·��ǲ�s��·��ܱ�Գ� adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of consequent¹

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Latin consequent- (stem of ��ǲԲ��ŧ�Բ�, present participle of ��ǲԲ��ī to follow closely). See con-, sequent

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of consequent¹

C15: from Latin ��ǲԲ��ŧ�Բ� following closely, from ��ǲԲ��ī to pursue

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Arm in arm with this, and less discussed, is the death of deductive logic, the ability to understand cause and effect by composing simple conditional arguments with an antecedent and a consequent.

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However, an eye injury and consequent lack of sparring, chaos instigated by his team and tragedy back home in Lancashire all contributed to Fury's demise.

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But if many erupted, he says, a feedback loop could take hold, with ice loss leading to more volcanism, and more eruptions to more ice loss and consequent sea-level rise.

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It said this step was "both reasonable and required in light of her cognitive impairment and consequent inability to drive safely".

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While providing lower-carbon fuel to California truckers, with consequent reductions in pollution and greenhouse gases, the shift increased concentration in the gasoline-refining market, leading to more pricing power.

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