Consequent
a.- Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
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(Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction;
as, a proposition .consequent to other propositions
a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities.
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- That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.
- (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
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(Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio
a:b , the first a, being the antecedent.