English Dictionary: consecutive | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Consecutive \Con*sec"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. cons[82]cutif. See {Consequent}.] 1. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years. 2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding. The actions of a man consecutive to volition. --Locke. 3. (Mus.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. {Consecutive chords} (Mus.), chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption. |