| 单词 | consequent |
| 释义 | consequent /kon"si kwent', -kweuhnt/, adj. 1. following as an effect or result; resulting (often fol. by on, upon, or to): 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. n. 4. anything that follows upon something else, with or without a causal relationship. 5. Logic. the second member of a conditional proposition, as "Caesar was a great general" in "If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general." 6. Math. a. the second term of a ratio. b. the second of two vectors in a dyad. [1350-1400; ME (n.) < L consequent- (s. of consequens, prp. of consequi to follow closely). See CON-, SEQUENT] |
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