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Con"se*quent (?), a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. conséquent. 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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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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