English Explanatory Dictionary

consistency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Local coherence.
  2. Correspondence or compatibility.
  3. Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
  4. The degree of viscosity of something.
  5. Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
  6. Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

Pronunciation

/kənˈsɪstənsi/ en-us-consistency.ogg

Word forms

consistency consistencies

Etymology

By surface analysis, consistent + -cy, consistence + -y or consist + -ency.

Antonyms

inconsistency

Related words

consist consistence consistent

Derived words

a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds endoconsistency exoconsistency nonconsistency paraconsistency photoconsistency self-consistency sparsistency unconsistency
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