Consequent

/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/ · adjective

Meaning

Following as a result, inference, or natural effect..

Definitions by Sense

1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
2. Of or pertaining to consequences.
3. (geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
4. (logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
5. An event which follows another.
6. (mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
7. (geology) A consequent stream.

Example Sentences

His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.

The advantages are a saving in weight of about one ton, with consequent reduction in energy consumption; a saving in paint (of some three to four cwt. per car), with a corresponding economy on subsequent overhauls; and lower cleaning costs.

Elsewhere in this issue, for example, an article on the new pattern of freight train operation in the N.E.R. consequent upon the opening this summer of its three mechanised marshalling yards shows that one effect will be a further step-up in the speed of the East Coast main line freight traffic.

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.

Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.

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