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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Consistent \Con*sist"ent\, adjective [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
consistent
adjective
1: (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 [ant: {inconsistent}]
2: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly presentation" [syn: {logical}, {ordered}, {orderly}]
3: capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained" [syn: {reproducible}] [ant: {unreproducible}]
4: the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product" [syn: {uniform}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
162 Moby Thesaurus words for "consistent": accordant, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, answerable, at one, authoritative, automatic, balanced, binding, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coexistent, coexisting, cogent, coherent, coincident, coinciding, commensurate, compatible, concordant, concurring, conformable, conforming, congenial, congruent, congruous, connected, consecutive, consentaneous, consentient, consonant, constant, continuous, cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, defined, definite, dependable, devoted, direct, distinct, en rapport, equable, equal, equivalent, even, explicit, express, faithful, firm, flat, good, harmonious, homogeneous, immutable, in accord, in agreement, in harmony, in keeping, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance, inharmony, invariable, joined, just, lawful, legal, legitimate, level, like-minded, limpid, logical, loud and clear, loyal, lucid, luminous, marble-constant, measured, mechanical, methodic, monolithic, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, ordered, orderly, pellucid, persistent, perspicuous, plain, positive, predictable, proportionate, reconcilable, regular, robotlike, self-consistent, sequent, sequential, serial, simple, smooth, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, straightforward, substantial, sufficient, symbiotic, sympathetic, synchronized, synchronous, systematic, tight, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, true, true-blue, unambiguous, unanimous, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unconfused, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, unequivocal, unfailing, uniform, uninterrupted, unisonant, unisonous, univocal, unmistakable, unruffled, unswerving, unvaried, unvarying, valid, weighty, well-defined, well-founded, well-grounded
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