Consequent

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1. Adjective

Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

2. Adjective

Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

3. Noun

That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

4. Noun

That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

5. Noun

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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