Lexic.us

Definition of Sequent

1. Adjective. In regular succession without gaps. "Serial concerts"

2. Adjective. Following or accompanying as a consequence. "The resultant savings were considerable"

Definition of Sequent

1. a. Following; succeeding; in continuance.

2. n. A follower.

Definition of Sequent

1. Adjective. (obsolete) That comes after in time or order; subsequent. ¹

2. Adjective. (rare) That follows on as a result, conclusion etc.; consequent (term to), (term on), (term upon). ¹

3. Adjective. Recurring in succession or as a series; successive, consecutive. ¹

4. Noun. Something which follows in a given sequence. ¹

5. Noun. (logic) An element of a sequence, usually a sequence in which every entry is an axiom or can be inferred from previous elements. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sequent

1. something that follows [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sequent

sequence homology sequence ladder sequence pulse sequenceability sequenceable sequenced sequenceless sequencer sequencers sequences

sequencies sequencing sequencings sequency sequent (current term) sequential sequential analysis sequential art sequential compactness sequential continuity

sequential file sequential logic sequential manual gearbox sequential manual gearboxes sequential operation sequentiality sequentially sequents

Literary usage of Sequent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Tell my friends, sequent, following, as an adjective, is very uncommon, ... He hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's. Lote LL, ir, 2. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"... that is, as trustee for the debtors; that the sub- sequent sale by the Bank to Dore was the first effective conveyance of an absolute title, ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Trans-Mississippi Department may, from time to proportional exposure on our part, and the con- ' time, prescribe ; and while engaged in the per- sequent ..."

4. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1882)
"... sequent judges almost without exception.1 This formula groups the cases in which tho protection of a bona fide purchaser is given to defendants, ..."

5. The Psychology of Childhood by Naomi Norsworthy, Mary Theodora Whitley (1918)
"CHAPTER XIII sequent TENDENCIES. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT DEFINITION OF MORAL TENDENCY. — Of the many current definitions of morality perhaps one of ..."

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