Consecution
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌkɒnsɪˈkjuːʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Consecution is a noun meaning (logic) The relation of consequent to antecedent.
Meaning
(logic) The relation of consequent to antecedent.
More Meanings
- (music) A succession of similar intervals in harmony.
- (archaic) A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.
- (obsolete) A succession or series of any kind.
- (archaic) Sequence.
Example Sentences
Some consecutions are so intimately and evidently connexed to or found in the premises, that the conclusion is attained, and without any thing of ratiocinative progress
there shall be generated such a consecution of colours, whose order, from the thin end towards the thick, shall be yellow, red, purple, blue, green, and these so often repeated
Word Forms
- consecutions
Synonyms for consecution
Depending on context, synonyms include sequence.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include consequence, consequent, follow-on, consectary, subsequency, sequence.
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