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/kənsˈɪstənsi/ Listen

noun

Consistency, Consistence n.

1.

The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. "Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence." "We are as water, weak, and of no consistence." "The same form, substance, and consistency."

2.

A degree of firmness, density, viscosity, or spissitude; a measure of the ability to hold together when manipulated.

Synonyms: body. "Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup."

3.

That which stands together as a united whole; a combination. "The church of God, as meaning the whole consistence of orders and members."

4.

Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency. "His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency."

5.

Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character. "That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just." "Consistency, thou art a jewel."

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"Consistency" Quotes from Famous Books

... faith in the consistency of public men was rudely shaken a few minutes later, when the messenger returned with orders that the lady was ...

— McClure's Magazine December, 1895 • Edited by Ida M. Tarbell

... that yield camphire. This tree is so large, and its branches so thick, that one hundred men may easily sit under its shade. The juice, of which the camphire is made, exudes from a hole bored in the upper part of the tree, is received in a vessel, where it thickens to a consistency, and becomes what we call camphire; after the juice is thus drawn out, the tree ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments Complete • Anonymous

... gentleman, secure in the recollection of his own consistency, has taunted me with the errors of my boyhood. When he addressed the honorable member of Westminster, he showed his magnanimity by declaring that he would not take the philosopher to task for what he wrote twenty-five years ago; but when he caught one who, thirty-six years ago, just emerged ...

— The Grand Old Man • Richard B. Cook

... contained in the sac of the Purpurae is a liquid of a creamy consistency, and of a yellowish-white hue. On extraction, it is at first decidedly yellow; then after a little time it becomes green; and, finally, it settles into some shade of violet or purple. Chemical analysis has shown that in the case of the Murex trunculus ...

— History of Phoenicia • George Rawlinson

... comes to that it is (as I clearly perceive) absurd to be writing a book about Mr. Bernard Shaw at all. It is indefensibly foolish to attempt to explain a man whose whole object through life has been to explain himself. But even in nonsense there is a need for logic and consistency; therefore let us proceed on the assumption that when I say that all Mr. Shaw's blood and origin may be found in John Bull's Other Island, some reader may answer that he does not know the play. Besides, it is more important to put the reader ...

— George Bernard Shaw • Gilbert K. Chesterton

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