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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"
Exact synonyms: Body, Consistence, Eubstance
Specialized synonyms: Gaseousness, Viscosity, Viscousness, Thickness, Thinness, Hardness, Softness, Breakableness, Unbreakableness, Porosity, Porousness, Solidity, Solidness
Generic synonyms: Property
Attributes: Thick, Thin
Specialized synonyms: Gaseousness, Viscosity, Viscousness, Thickness, Thinness, Hardness, Softness, Breakableness, Unbreakableness, Porosity, Porousness, Solidity, Solidness
Generic synonyms: Property
Attributes: Thick, Thin
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
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"
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.
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
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