CONSEQUENT

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consequent. Consequent, a. following naturally or regularly

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Con″se‐quent (?), a. [[L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. conséquent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]] 1. 1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke. 2. 2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.
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.