consistency | ||
1. | [ noun ] a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts | |
Synonyms: | consistence | |
Related terms: | inconsistency uniformity consist | |
2. | [ noun ] the property of holding together and retaining its shape | |
Synonyms: | body consistence | |
Examples: | "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" |
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Related terms: | property viscosity softness solidity porosity hardness unbreakableness breakableness thickness thinness gaseousness thick thin | |
3. | [ noun ] logical coherence and accordance with the facts | |
Examples: | : "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency" |
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Related terms: | coherence | |
4. | [ noun ] (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another | |
Related terms: | logicality logic | |
Similar spelling: |
consistence consistently consistent consistory consist_in concisely consist_of consecrate consignment consecutive consecrated consequence consecutively consecration consociate consigner consignee Consiglio conscious concision |