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consequent
[ kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt ]
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.
- the second term of a ratio.
- the second of two vectors in a dyad.
consequent
/ ˈɒԲɪəԳ /
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 consequentlogic 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
Usage
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz·Dzs·ܱԳ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of consequent1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of consequent1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
It said this step was "both reasonable and required in light of her cognitive impairment and consequent inability to drive safely".
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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