consequent

[Con·se*quent]

Something that happens as a result of something else can be described as consequent. Rapidly melting snow often causes consequent flooding, for example.

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Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

Adjective S.
following as an effect or result; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "the health of the plants and the resulting flowers"


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

a.
Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

n.
That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

n.
That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

n.
The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.


Consequent

Con"se*quent , a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. cons'82quent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.] 1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal.
2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions. Consequent points, Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities.

Consequent

Con"se*quent, n. 1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.
They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.
2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference. 3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

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Usage Examples

I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch the consequences, and do not continue any course which adds to weight or bulk and consequent discomfort.

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Other Usage Examples

Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges.

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