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consistent . ( Of the lat. )( consequens, - entis , part. act of consequi , follow). 1. adj. That follows in order for something, or is situated or positioned to its continuation. 2. adj. said of a person: whose behavior is logical correspondence with the principles it professes. 3. m. proposition deduced from another called antecedent. 4. m. Gram. Second in terms of grammatical relationship. 5. m. Gram. Nominal or sentential element referred in anaphoric relations. 6. m. Mat. Second reason, either by difference already by ratio, in distinction from the first, called background.