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consistent

adj
/kənˈsɪstənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēntem, present participle of cōnsistō (“to agree with; to continue”), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + sistō (“to cause to stand; to place, set”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”), from the root *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)).

  1. derived from *stísteh₂ti✻
  2. derived from *ḱóm✻
  3. borrowed from consistens

Definitions

  1. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.

    • The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
    • He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!
    • That author [Mr. Boyle] has a particular Eſſay of the Atmoſphere of Conſiſtent Bodies; wherein he ſhews, that all, even ſolid, hard, ponderous, and fix'd Bodies, do exhale or emit Effluvia to a certain space all around 'em.

  2. Compatible, accordant.

  3. Of a set of statements

    Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

    • When we ask whether ideas or terms are consistent or inconsistent with each other, the question really is, in what manner the relation presupposed between the ideas qualifies them for being combined as terms of a judgment.
    • Part of establishing a foundation for geometry was demonstrating that the axioms were consistent – that they could never lead to contradictions.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.

    2. A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive…

      A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.

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Derived

consistent life ethic, consistently, consistify, equiconsistent, nonconsistent, paraconsistent, photoconsistent, selfconsistent, self-consistent, sparsistent, unconsistent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at consistent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at consistent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at consistent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA