\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.
         The right was consequent to, and built on, an act
         perfectly personal.                   --Locke.
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.

\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.                       --Sir J.
                                               Davies.
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.