An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CONSISTENCY
consistency, consistence
(noun) a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
consistency
(noun) (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
consistency, consistence, substance, body
(noun) the property of holding together and retaining its shape; “wool has more body than rayon”; “when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake”
consistency
(noun) logical coherence and accordance with the facts; “a rambling argument that lacked any consistency”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
consistency (countable and uncountable, plural consistencies)
Local coherence.
Correspondence or compatibility.
Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
The degree of viscosity of something.
(logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
(obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
Antonyms
• inconsistency
Source: Wiktionary
Con*sist"ence, Con*sist"en*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. consistance.]
1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon. We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. Jer. Taylor. The same form, substance, and consistency. T. Burned.
2. A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude. Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup. Arbuthnot.
3. That which stands together as a united whole; a combination. The church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members. Milton.
4. Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency. His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency. South.
5. Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character. That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just. Addison. Consistency, thou art a jewel. Popular Saying.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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