Word Meaning

consequent definition and meaning

a. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
a. Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.
n. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.
n. That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
n. The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.