CONSEQUENT

attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent, collateral

(adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence; “an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems”; “snags incidental to the changeover in management”; “attendant circumstances”; “the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness”; “the ensuant response to his appeal”; “the resultant savings were considerable”; “collateral target damage from a bombing run”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

consequent (not comparable)

Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

Of or pertaining to consequences.

Coordinate terms

• antecedent

Noun

consequent (plural consequents)

(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."

An event which follows another.

(math) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.

Holonyms

• conditional

• See argument form

Coordinate terms

• antecedent

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"se*quent, a. Etym: [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. The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke.

2. (Logic)

Definition: 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.

Con"se*quent, n.

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)

Definition: That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

3. (Math.)

Definition: The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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