consequent

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con·se·quent / ˈkänsikwənt; -ˌkwent/ • adj. following as a result or effect: labor shortages would be created with a consequent increase in wages. ∎ Geol. (of a stream or valley) having a direction or character determined by the original slope of the land before erosion. ∎  archaic logically consistent.• n. a thing that follows another. ∎  Logic the second part of a conditional proposition, whose truth is stated to be conditional upon that of the antecedent. ∎  Math. the second term of a ratio.

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