Definizione monolingua

consistent

consistent

1. third-person plural present indicative of consister
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of consister

consistent (plural consistents)

1. plural Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):

     The Diurnal motion of the primum mobile, is it not from East to West? And the annual motion of the Sun through the Ecliptick, is it not on the contrary from West to East? How then can you make these motions being conferred on the Earth ... to become consistents?

2. In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but could not be admitted to receive the holy sacrament.
   • 1885 Catholic Dictionary 651

     The consistentes stand together with the faithful, and do not go out with the catechumens.

consistent (comparative more consistent, superlative most consistent)

1. of a regularly occurring, dependable nature

   The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.

   He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!

2. (logic) Of a set of statements, such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

Definizione dizionario consistent

	coerente
	Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.

conforme

congruo

consistente

costante

duro

logico

Altri significati:

of a regularly occurring, dependable nature

not logically contradictory

In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but could not be admitted to receive the holy sacrament.

of dependable nature

'''plural''' Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.

(logic) Of a set of statements, such that no contradiction logically follows from them.