consequent 音標拼音: [k'ɑnsəkwənt]
n . 接連發生的事情,結果
a . 必然的,當然的
接連發生的事情,結果必然的,當然的
consequent adj 1 :
following or accompanying as a consequence ; "
an excessive growth of bureaucracy ,
with attendant problems "; "
snags incidental to the changeover in management "; "
attendant circumstances "; "
the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness "; "
the ensuant response to his appeal "; "
the resultant savings were considerable "
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synonym : {
attendant }, {
consequent }, {
accompanying },
{
concomitant }, {
incidental }, {
ensuant }, {
resultant },
{
sequent }]
Consequent \
Con "
se *
quent \,
n .
1 .
That which follows ,
or results from ,
a cause ;
a result or natural effect .
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1913 Webster ]
They were ill -
governed ,
which is always a consequent of ill payment . --
Sir J .
Davies .
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2 . (
Logic )
That which follows from propositions by rational deduction ;
that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation ;
a conclusion ,
or inference .
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3 . (
Math .)
The second term of a ratio ,
as the term b in the ratio a :
b ,
the first a ,
being the antecedent .
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Consequent \
Con "
se *
quent \,
a . [
L .
consequens , -
entis ,
p .
pr .
of consequi to follow ;
con -
sequi to follow :
cf .
F .
cons ['
e ]
quent .
See {
Second },
and cf . {
Consecution }.]
1 .
Following as a result ,
inference ,
or natural effect .
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The right was consequent to ,
and built on ,
an act perfectly personal . --
Locke .
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2 . (
Logic )
Following by necessary inference or rational deduction ;
as ,
a proposition consequent to other propositions .
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{
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 .
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26 Moby Thesaurus words for "
consequent ":
appendant ,
consequential ,
derivational ,
derivative ,
ensuing ,
final ,
following ,
intelligent ,
logical ,
next ,
posterior ,
postpositional ,
postpositive ,
proximate ,
reasonable ,
resultant ,
resulting ,
sensible ,
sequacious ,
sequent ,
sequential ,
sound ,
subsequent ,
succeeding ,
successive ,
suffixed
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