consistency
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[edit]consistency (countable and uncountable, plural consistencies)
- Local coherence.
- Correspondence or compatibility.
- Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
- They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.
- 1716 January 6 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 2. Monday, December 26. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
- That consistency of behaviour whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just.
- The degree of viscosity of something.
- Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.
- 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
- 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.
- (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.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
- His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency.
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[edit]reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent
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degree of viscosity of something
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logic: state of a system of axioms
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