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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consistent \Con*sist"ent\, a. [L. consistens, p. pr.: cf. F. consistant.] Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. The humoral and consistent parts of the body. --Harvey. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. 2 compatible, accordant. n. 1 (context in the plural rare English) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another. 2 In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts"; "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB also ▪ They were also consistent throughout his life. ▪ The address on the insurance policy was also consistent with the premises being Capricorn's established business premises. ▪ Our data are also consistent ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "standing firm, standing still," from Latin consistentem (nominative consistens ), present participle of consistere (see consist ). Modern sense of "agreeing" (with with ) is first attested 1640s. Older sense survives in consistency . Related: Consistently ...

Usage examples of consistent.

Indeed, if there was a consistent theme in all that Adams wrote and strived for, it was the need for a binding American union.

The letters of John and Abigail Adams number in the thousands, and because they both wrote with such consistent candor and in such vivid detail, it is possible to know them--to go beneath the surface of their lives--to an extent not possible with other protagonists of the time.

Since the 1950s, the mallness of malls has involved a different set of characteristics: a shared parking lot, common ownership and management, uniform and aesthetically pleasing design, clear and consistent marketing goals, a carefully controlled commercial environment, a tenant mix designed to provide variety, and a wide range of consumer goods.

Thus, the Transactional interpretation is completely consistent with the results of the Afshar Experiment and with the quantum formalism.

Does it mean that the physics community must turn to an interpretation like the Transactional Interpretation that is consistent with the Afshar results?

When this view is maintained by men and women who oppose the killing of animals for purposes of food or raiment or adornment, or their exploitation in any way which demands extinction of life, it is entirely consistent with high ideals.

That arteria lasted for seventy million peaceful, productive years, during which several Quick species, none of them native to Ulubis, came and went, leaving only the Dwellers to bear consistent witness to the slow turn of life and events.

What was most disturbing was how he felt when he awoke, it felt as if he had just relived those moments, but this time the emotions were not consistent with how he remembered them before the dream.

However, readers should keep in mind that many of these behavioral symptoms have no consistent definitions or ways of measurement.

Presumably the displacement calculated by calculating the locations of notes in the melody should be consistent with the rules for calculating the locations of chords, particularly if the chords are implied by the melody.

A slightly diminished albedo, but that was consistent with the earthshine being registered down here.

Chop one-half pound pickled pork and few fine herbs, stir them in with the onions, then stir in the yolks of two eggs and add a sufficient quantity breadcrumbs to make it fairly consistent.

In this way he arrived at a space-structure which possesses neither the three-dimensionality nor the rectilinear character of so-called Euclidean space - a space-picture which, though mathematically consistent, is incomprehensible by the human mind.

In this work, the author promulgates the theory that the Fairies were a people existing distinct from the known inhabitants of the country and confederated together, and met mysteriously to avoid coming in contact with the stronger race that had taken possession of their land, and he supposes that in these traditionary tales of the Fairies we recognize something of the real history of an ancient people whose customs were those of a regular and consistent policy.

This appointment gave him the greater satisfaction as a testimony to his consistent integrity through his whole parliamentary career, as it came from the Gladstonian ministry, and he had been forced by his deep Church and State convictions to separate from Mr.