| NOUN | attribute | consistency, consistence, substance, body | the property of holding together and retaining its shape |
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| attribute | consistency, consistence | a harmonious uniformity or agreement / agreement among things or parts | |
| state | consistency | logical coherence and accordance with the facts | |
| attribute | consistency | (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another |
| Sounds | kahnsih'stahnsiy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | The property of holding together and retaining its shape. | |
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| Example | "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" | |
| Synonyms | consistence, substance, body | |
| Attributes | thick | relatively dense / dense in consistency |
| thin | relatively thin in consistency or low in density / density | |
| Narrower | breakableness | The consistency of something that breaks / breaks / breaks under pressure |
| gaseousness | Having the consistency of a gas | |
| hardness | The property of being rigid and resistant to pressure | |
| porosity, porousness | The property of being porous | |
| softness | The property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded | |
| solidity, solidness | The consistency of a solid | |
| thickness | resistance to flow | |
| thinness | A consistency of low viscosity | |
| unbreakableness | A consistency of something that does not break / break / break under pressure | |
| viscosity, viscousness | resistance of a liquid / liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) | |
| Broader | property | A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class |
| Spanish | consistencia, eubstance | |
| Catalan | consistència, eubstance | |
| Meaning | A harmonious uniformity or agreement / agreement among things or parts. | |
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| Synonym | consistence | |
| Broader | uniformity, uniformness | The quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom) |
| Opposite | inconsistency | The quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts |
| Spanish | consistencia | |
| Catalan | consistència | |
| Verbs | consist | be consistent in form, tenor, or character |
| Meaning | logical coherence and accordance with the facts. | |
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| Example | "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency" | |
| Broader | coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness | The state of cohering or sticking together |
| Adjectives | consistent | (sometimes followed by 'with') in agreement or consistent or reliable / reliable |
| Meaning | (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another. | |
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| Category | logic | The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
| Broader | logicality, logicalness | correct and valid reasoning |
| Spanish | consistencia | |
| Catalan | consistència | |
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