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Consequent \Con"se*quent\, n.
1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or
natural effect.
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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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