consistency
n.
material coherence, firmness; persistence, steadfastness
Consistency
consistency
Noun
1. the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
(synonym) consistence, body
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) gaseousness
(attribute) thick
2. a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
(synonym) consistence
(antonym) inconsistency
(hypernym) uniformity, uniformness
(derivation) consist
3. logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"
(hypernym) coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness
4. (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
(hypernym) logicality, logicalness
(classification) logic
Consistency
(n.)
The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
(n.)
That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
(n.)
Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
(n.)
Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.
(n.)
A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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consistency
Synonyms and related words:
accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence, adaptation, adaption, adhesiveness, adjustment, affinity, agreement, apposition, aptness, assent, balance, bilateral symmetry, bullheadedness, calm, chorus, clarity, clear-cutness, clearness, closeness, coherence, cohesiveness, coincidence, compactness, compatibility, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, conformance, conformation, conformation other-direction, conformity, congeniality, congestedness, congestion, congruence, congruency, congruity, connectedness, connection, consecutiveness, consistence, consonance, consort, constancy, continuity, conventionality, cooperation, correspondence, crowdedness, crystallinity, definition, denseness, density, directness, distinctness, dynamic symmetry, equability, equality, equanimity, equilibrium, equivalence, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness, explicitness, felicity, finish, firmness, fitness, flexibility, gluiness, glutinosity, gumminess, hardness, harmony, homogeneity, impenetrability, impermeability, imporosity, incompressibility, intersection, jammedness, keeping, likeness, limpidity, line, lucidity, malleability, monolithism, multilateral symmetry, obedience, observance, obstinacy, oneness, orderliness, orthodoxy, overlap, parallelism, peace, pellucidity, persistence, persistency, perspicuity, plain English, plain speech, plain style, plainness, pliancy, polarity, proportion, proportionality, rapport, reconcilement, reconciliation, regularity, relative density, retention, self-consistency, sequence, shapeliness, similarity, simplicity, snugness, solidity, solidness, specific gravity, spissitude, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stickiness, straightforwardness, strictness, structure, stubbornness, suitability, symmetricalness, symmetry, sync, synchronism, tackiness, tally, tenaciousness, tenacity, thickness, tightness, timing, toughness, traditionalism, transparency, transpicuity, trilateral symmetry, unadorned style, unambiguousness, unequivocalness, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, unity, unmistakableness, unruffledness, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness,
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