con·se·quent /-kwənt, ˌkwɛnt/
接連發生的事情,結果(a.)必然的,當然的
Con·se·quent a.
1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. --Locke.
2. Logic Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.
Consequent points, Consequent poles Magnetism, 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.
Con·se·quent, n.
1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.
They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. --Sir J. Davies.
2. Logic That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
3. Math. The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
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consequent
adj : following as an effect or result; "the period of tension and
consequent need for military preparedness"; "the
ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings
were considerable"; "the health of the plants and the
resulting flowers" [syn: ensuant, resultant, resulting(a),
sequent]