Sequent

Quick meaning: Sequent is an adjective meaning (now rare) That follows on as a result, conclusion etc.; consequent to, on, upon.

Meaning

(now rare) That follows on as a result, conclusion etc.; consequent to, on, upon.

More Meanings

1. Recurring in succession or as a series; successive, consecutive.
2. Something that follows in a given sequence.
3. (mathematics) A sequential calculus
4. (logic) A disjunctive set of logical formulae which is partitioned into two subsets; the first subset, called the antecedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as false, and the second subset, called the succedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as true. (The set is written without set brackets and the separation between the two subsets is denoted by a turnstile symbol, which may be read "give(s)".)
5. (obsolete) That comes after in time or order; subsequent.
6. (obsolete) A follower.

Example Sentences

But let my Triall, be mine owne Confession: / Immediate sentence then, and sequent death, / Is all the grace I beg.

The One is somewhat shadowy. It is sometimes called God, sometimes the Good; it transcends Being, which is the first sequent upon the One.

The Gallies Haue sent a dozen sequent Messengers / This very night, at one anothers heeles: / And many of the Consuls, rais'd and met, / Are at the Dukes already.

Why are your songs all wild and bitter sad As funeral dirges with the orphans' cries? Each night since first the world was made hath had A sequent day to laugh it down the skies.

Word Forms

• sequents

Synonyms for sequent

Depending on context, synonyms include subsequent, ensuant, consecutive, ordered, consequent, sequential.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include subsequent, ensuant, consequent, sequential, resultant, resulting.

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