Meaning of CONSISTENCY
Pronunciation: | | kun'sistunsee
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- [n] a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
- [n] (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
- [n] the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
- [n] logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"
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| Synonyms: | | body, consistence |
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| Antonyms: | | inconsistency | |
| See Also: | | breakableness, coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness, gaseousness, hardness, logicality, logicalness, porosity, porousness, property, softness, solidity, solidness, thickness, thinness, unbreakableness, uniformity, uniformness, viscosity, viscousness | |
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| Related Terms: | | accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence, adaptation, adaption, adhesiveness, adjustment, affinity, agreement, apposition, aptness, assent, balance, bilateral symmetry, bullheadedness, calm, chorus, clarity, clear-cutness, clearness, closeness, coherence, cohesiveness, coincidence, compactness, compatibility, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, conformance, conformation, conformation other-direction, conformity, congeniality, congestedness, congestion, congruence, congruency, congruity, connectedness, connection, consecutiveness, consistence, consonance, consort, constancy, continuity, conventionality, cooperation, correspondence, crowdedness, crystallinity, definition, denseness, density, directness, distinctness, dynamic symmetry, equability, equality, equanimity, equilibrium, equivalence, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness, explicitness, felicity, finish, firmness, fitness, flexibility, gluiness, glutinosity, gumminess, hardness, harmony, homogeneity, impenetrability, impermeability, imporosity, incompressibility, intersection, jammedness, keeping, likeness, limpidity, line, lucidity, malleability, monolithism, multilateral symmetry, obedience, observance, obstinacy, oneness, orderliness, orthodoxy, overlap, parallelism, peace, pellucidity, persistence, persistency, perspicuity, plain English, plain speech, plain style, plainness, pliancy, polarity, proportion, proportionality, rapport, reconcilement, reconciliation, regularity, relative density, retention, self-consistency, sequence, shapeliness, similarity, simplicity, snugness, solidity, solidness, specific gravity, spissitude, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, stickiness, stick-to-itiveness, straightforwardness, strictness, structure, stubbornness, suitability, symmetricalness, symmetry, sync, synchronism, tackiness, tally, tenaciousness, tenacity, thickness, tightness, timing, toughness, traditionalism, transparency, transpicuity, trilateral symmetry, unadorned style, unambiguousness, unequivocalness, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, unity, unmistakableness, unruffledness, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness |
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