Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consistent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consistent \Con*sist"ent\, a. [L. consistens, p. pr.: cf. F.
consistant.]
1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
The humoral and consistent parts of the body.
--Harvey.
2. Having agreement with itself or with something else;
having harmony among its parts; possesing unity;
accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not
contradictory.
Show me one that has it in his power To act
consistent with himself an hour. --Pope.
With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be
free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent.
--South.
3. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or
professions.
It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and
a conspirator. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consistent
adj 1: (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or
reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts";
"I have decided that the course of conduct which I am
following is consistent with my sense of
responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR [ant:
{inconsistent}]
2: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent
relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly
presentation" [syn: {logical}, {ordered}, {orderly}]
3: capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible
results can be obtained" [syn: {reproducible}] [ant: {unreproducible}]
4: the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous
coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous
product" [syn: {uniform}]
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