Meaning of CONSISTENT
| Pronunciation: | | kun'sistunt
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- [adj] marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly presentation"
- [adj] (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts"; "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR
- [adj] the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product"
- [adj] capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained"
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| | Synonyms: | | accordant, agreeable, coherent, concordant, conformable, consonant, duplicable, duplicatable, homogeneous, homogenous, in accord(p), in agreement(p), logical, ordered, orderly, pursuant(p), reconciled, reproducible, self-consistent, unchanging, uniform |
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| | Antonyms: | | inconsistent, irreproducible, unreproducible | | |
| | See Also: | | invariable | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*sist"ent\, a. [L. consistens, p. pr.: cf. F.
consistant.]
1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
The humoral and consistent parts of the body.
--Harvey.
2. Having agreement with itself or with something else;
having harmony among its parts; possesing unity;
accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not
contradictory.
Show me one that has it in his power To act
consistent with himself an hour. --Pope.
With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be
free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent.
--South.
3. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or
professions.
It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and
a conspirator. --Macaulay.
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