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English Dictionary: consecutive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
consecutive adv in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively" Synonym(s): consecutive, sequentially adj one after the other; "back-to-back home runs" [syn: back-to-back, consecutive] in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" Synonym(s): consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" Synonym(s): straight, consecutive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consecutive \Consec"utive\, 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.