Con"se*quent (?), a. [L.
consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to
follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F.
conséquent. See Second, and cf.
Consecution.] 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.
