Consistency
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Full definition of consistency
Noun
consistency
(plural consistencies)- Local coherence.
- Correspondence or compatibility.
- Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
- AddisonThat consistency of behaviour whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just.
- They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.
- The degree of viscosity of something.
- 2013, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, Stents to Prevent Stroke, As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
- Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.
- (logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
- (obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
- SouthHis friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency.