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consistency




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consistency
     1. n. Local coherence.
     2. n. Correspondence or compatibility.
     3. n. Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
           They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.
     4. n. The degree of viscosity of something.
           Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.
     5. n. (logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
     6. n. (obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

Example Sentences

You can't fault her for consistency
Each squirming song abandons any notion of consistency as jagged guitars slice through the wailing rhythms. 



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