con|se|quent

con|se|quent «KON suh kwehnt, -kwuhnt», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. resulting; following as an effect; consequential: »

His long illness and consequent absence put him far behind in his work.

2. following as a logical conclusion.

3. logically consistent.

4. Geology. having a course determined by the original form or slope of the land: »

consequent drainage, a consequent river.

–n.

1. a thing that follows something else; result; effect.

2. a thing or event that follows another (without implication of causal connection).

3. Logic. the second part of a conditional proposition. In the statement, “If Richard wants to, he will do it,” he will do it is a consequent.

4. Mathematics. the second term of a ratio. In the ratio 1:4, 4 is the consequent, and 1 the antecedent.

5. Obsolete. a result; inference; consequence.

╂[< Latin onsequēns, -entis, present participle of consequī; see etym. under consecutive (Cf. ↑consecutive)]