Definition of Consistency

1. Noun. The property of holding together and retaining its shape. "When the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"


2. Noun. A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts.
Exact synonyms: Consistence
Generic synonyms: Uniformity, Uniformness
Derivative terms: Consist, Consistent, Consist
Antonyms: Inconsistency

3. Noun. Logical coherence and accordance with the facts. "A rambling argument that lacked any consistency"
Generic synonyms: Coherence, Coherency, Cohesion, Cohesiveness
Derivative terms: Consistent

4. Noun. (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another.
Generic synonyms: Logicality, Logicalness
Category relationships: Logic

Definition of Consistency

1. Noun. local coherence ¹

2. Noun. correspondence or compatibility ¹

3. Noun. reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent ¹

4. Noun. the degree of viscosity of something ¹

5. Noun. (logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consistency

1. [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consistency

consignor
consignors
consigns
consilience
consiliences
consilient
consilium abeundi
consist
consist in
consistant
consisted
consisted in
consistence
consistences
consistencies
consistency (current term)
consistency principle
consistent
consistently
consistents
consisteth
consisting
consisting in
consistorial
consistorian
consistories
consistory
consists
consists in
consociate

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