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consequent

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Adjective

  1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
  2. Of or pertaining to consequences.
  3. Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.

Noun

  1. The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
  2. An event which follows another.
  3. The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
  4. A consequent stream.

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