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consistency
/kənˈsɪstənsi/
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What does consistency mean?
noun
- Local coherence.
- Correspondence or compatibility.
- Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
More meanings (3)
noun
- The degree of viscosity of something.
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈsɪstənsi/
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She paused again, and Celia thought that her sister was going to renounce the ornaments, as in consistency she ought to do.
Its task shall be to organize, in a manner demonstrating consistency and solidarity, relations between the Member States and between their peoples.
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It had not that sort of consistency to Plato which has been given to it in modern times by geometry and metaphysics.
Breakfast on the 9th was of about the same consistency as dinner on the night before, except that cocoa replaced the alcohol.