consistency

con·sis·ten·cy  (kn-sstn-s)

n. pl. con·sis·ten·cies

1.

a. Agreement or logical coherence among things or parts: a rambling argument that lacked any consistency.

b. Correspondence among related aspects; compatibility: questioned the consistency of the administration's actions with its stated policy.

2. Reliability or uniformity of successive results or events: pitched with remarkable consistency throughout the season.

3. Degree of density, firmness, or viscosity: beat the mixture to the consistency of soft butter.

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consistency

Noun

pl -encies

1. degree of thickness or smoothness

2. being consistent

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	consistency - 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" eubstance, consistence, body gaseousness - having the consistency of a gas property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" viscosity, viscousness - resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) thickness - resistance to flow thinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup" hardness - the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale softness - the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded breakableness - the consistency of something that breaks under pressure unbreakableness - a consistency of something that does not break under pressure porosity, porousness - the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids solidity, solidness - the consistency of a solid
	2.	consistency - a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts consistence uniformness, uniformity - the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom) inconsistency - the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
	3.	consistency - logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency" coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness - the state of cohering or sticking together
	4.	consistency - (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another logicality, logicalness - correct and valid reasoning logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

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consistency

noun 1. agreement, harmony, correspondence, accordance, regularity, coherence, compatibility, uniformity, constancy, steadiness, steadfastness, evenness, congruity

noun 2. texture, density, thickness, firmness, viscosity, compactness

Translations

consistency [kənˈsɪstənsɪ] n [of person etc] → consecuencia, coherencia (= thickness); consistencia

consistency [kənˈsɪstənsɪ] n (= thickness) → consistance f (fig); cohérence f

consistency [kənˈsɪstənsɪ] n (of actions etc) → Konsequenz f;

(of cream etc) → Konsistenz f, Dicke f

consistency [kənˈsɪstənsɪ] n → consistenza;

(fig) → coerenza