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se·quent  (skwnt)
adj.
1. Following in order or time; subsequent.
2. Following as a result; consequent.
n.
A result; a consequence.
[Latin sequns, sequent-, present participle of sequ, to follow; see sequence.]
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Adj.1.sequent - in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"
sequential, serial, successive, consecutive
ordered - having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule; "an ordered sequence"
2.sequent - following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"
concomitant, consequent, ensuant, accompanying, resultant, attendant, incidental
subsequent - following in time or order; "subsequent developments"
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This is only a record of broken and apparently unrelated memories, some of them as distinct and sequent as brilliant beads upon a thread, others remote and strange, having the character of crimson dreams with interspaces blank and black--witch-fires glowing still and red in a great desolation.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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