what does consistency mean?
CONSISTENCY as NOUN
- Meaning
- a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
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Hypernyms(s) consistency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
Hypernyms(s) consistency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
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- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
Hypernyms(s) consistency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Attribute(s)
- Meaning
- logical coherence and accordance with the facts
Usage Example(s)
- a rambling argument that lacked any consistency
Hypernyms(s) consistency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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