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consistent(dictionary)
CONSISTENT(law)

consistent (iou)



consistent adjective & adverb. L16.
[Latin consistent- pres. ppl stem of consistere: see CONSIST, -ENT.]
A. adjective.
Consisting in, of, composed of. L16-L17.
Remaining still; settled, durable. Only in 17.
Coexisting (with). rare. M17-M18.
Holding together as a coherent material body; firm, solid. M17-M19.
Agreeing in substance or form; congruous, compatible (with, to), not contradictory; marked by uniformity or regularity. M17.
Sir T. Browne An habite..not consistent with the words of our Saviour. H. T. Buckle The most consistent of all combinations..great ignorance with great arrogance. H. Cecil Since a regular backer of horses..is usually a loser, repeated and consistent wins excite suspicion.
b. Logic. Of an axiom system: leading to no theorems that contradict each other. E20.
c. Statistics. Of an estimate etc.: approaching the true value of the quantity estimated more closely as the sample size is increased. E20.
Of a person, conduct: constantly adhering to the same principles of thought or action. M18.
B. Jowett Let us be consistent then, and either believe both or neither. W. S. Churchill Two generations of consistent House of Commons parsimony.
b. adverb. Consistently. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
consistently adverb in accordance with; with consistency; uniformly: E18.