consequent

[kon-si-kwent, -kwuhnt]

adjective

1. following as an effect or result; resulting (often followed by on, upon, orto ).

   a fall in price consequent to a rise in production.

2. following as a logical conclusion.

   a consequent law.

3. following or progressing logically.

   consequent reasoning.

noun

1. anything that follows upon something else, with or without a causal relationship.

2. Logic.,  the second member of a conditional proposition, as “Caesar was a great general” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”

3. Mathematics.

   1. the second term of a ratio.

   2. the second of two vectors in a dyad.

consequent

/ ˈkɒnsɪkwənt /

adjective

1. following as an effect or result

2. following as a logical conclusion or by rational argument

3. (of a river) flowing in the direction of the original slope of the land or dip of the strata

noun

1. something that follows something else, esp as a result

2. logic the resultant clause in a conditional sentence

3. logic the fallacy of inferring the antecedent of a conditional sentence, given the truth of the conditional and its consequent, as if John is six feet tall, he's more than five feet: he's more than five feet so he's six feet

4. an obsolete term for denominator

Other Word Forms

• nonconsequent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of consequent¹

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Latin consequent- (stem of consequēns, present participle of consequī to follow closely). See con-, sequent

Word History and Origins

Origin of consequent¹

C15: from Latin consequēns following closely, from consequī to pursue

Example Sentences

The study is a 10-year effort to study the exposures to dangerous substances and consequent health effects.

From Los Angeles Times

“For example, home building could be delayed because of a reduction in specific skills” resulting in “a consequent increase in unemployment for the remaining workforce.”

From Los Angeles Times

Arm in arm with this, and less discussed, is the death of deductive logic, the ability to understand cause and effect by composing simple conditional arguments with an antecedent and a consequent.

From Salon

However, an eye injury and consequent lack of sparring, chaos instigated by his team and tragedy back home in Lancashire all contributed to Fury's demise.

From BBC

But if many erupted, he says, a feedback loop could take hold, with ice loss leading to more volcanism, and more eruptions to more ice loss and consequent sea-level rise.

From Science Magazine

Related Words

• ensuing 
• indirect 
• subsequent