consequent
adjective
1. occurring with or following as a consequence
- the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
Similar word(s): subsequent, accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent
Sentences with consequent as an adjective:
- His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
noun
1. (logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
2. An event which follows another.
3. (mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.