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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Consequent \Con"se*quent\, adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Consequent \Con"se*quent\, noun
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
consequent
adjective: following as an effect or result; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "the health of the plants and the resulting flowers" [syn: {ensuant}, {resultant}, {resulting(a)}, {sequent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "consequent": appendant, consequential, derivational, derivative, ensuing, final, following, intelligent, logical, next, posterior, postpositional, postpositive, proximate, reasonable, resultant, resulting, sensible, sequacious, sequent, sequential, sound, subsequent, succeeding, successive, suffixed
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