consequent
    adj 1: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive
           growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags
           incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant
           circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent
           need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to
           his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"
           [syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying,
           concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant,
           sequent]

Consequent \Con"se*quent\, n.
   1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or
      natural effect.
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            They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent
            of ill payment.                       --Sir J.
                                                  Davies.
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   2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational
      deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or
      argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
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   3. (Math.) 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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Consequent \Con"se*quent\, a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of
   consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F.
   cons['e]quent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]
   1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
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            The right was consequent to, and built on, an act
            perfectly personal.                   --Locke.
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   2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational
      deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other
      propositions.
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   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.
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