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noun
Logical consistency; lack of self-contradiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The staying together, or remaining in close relation, of non-physical things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
The condition of adhering or standing together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; coherence, existence, firmness, solidity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Standing still; quiescence, state of rest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A substance which adheres together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: obsolete except poetic
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noun
a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: consistency
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Broader terms: uniformity, uniformness
noun
the property of holding together and retaining its shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: consistency, eubstance, body
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: property
Narrower terms: gaseousness, viscosity, viscousness, thickness, thinness, hardness, softness, breakableness, unbreakableness, porosity, porousness, solidity, solidness
History
From Middle French. Compare French consistance. By surface analysis, consist + -ence.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
