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adjective

Consequent adj.

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.

noun

Consequent 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.

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... Larch and Koksoak to the place where the Moravians had erected the beacon, and on a low terrace, just across the river from the beacon, established the original Fort Chimo. The difficulties of navigation and the consequent uncertainty and expense of keeping the Post supplied with provisions and articles of trade were such, however, that after a ...

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