Consistency : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Consistency	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Consistency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
consistency n the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" Synonym(s): consistency, consistence, eubstance, body a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts Synonym(s): consistency, consistence Antonym(s): inconsistency logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency" (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consistence \Consist"ence\, Consistency* \Consist"ency\, n. [Cf. F. consistance.] 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. --Bacon. We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. --Jer. Taylor. The same form, substance, and consistency. --T. Burnet. 2. A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude. Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup. --Arbuthnot.