Consequent
Consequent , adjective
[Latin consequens, -entis, present participle of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: compare French conséquent. See Second, and compare Consecution.]
1.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal.
2.
(Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.
Collocations (1)
Consequent points or 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.
Consequent , 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.
2.
(Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
3.
(Mathematics) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.