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noun

Consistency, Consistence n.

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." "We are as water, weak, and of no consistence." "The same form, substance, and consistency."

2.

A degree of firmness, density, viscosity, or spissitude; a measure of the ability to hold together when manipulated.

Synonyms: body. "Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup."

3.

That which stands together as a united whole; a combination. "The church of God, as meaning the whole consistence of orders and members."

4.

Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency. "His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency."

5.

Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character. "That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just." "Consistency, thou art a jewel."

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Etymology of 'Consistence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Consistence" Quotes from Famous Books

... Pleiocene period. Between these ridges are deep vallons, gullies, or furrows, with precipitous sides, scooped out to a great depth by the intermittent action of torrents, the breadth and depth of the valleys depending on the volume of water in the stream and the degree of consistence of the conglomerate. The great vallons have tributary vallons. The pleasant Vallon de Magnan exemplifies both kinds. From the Pont de Magnan (near which a tram stops) the first tributary is nearly a mile up the stream, opening from the right or west side. This vallon ...

— The South of France--East Half • Charles Bertram Black

... minute mass of substances which possess the following conditions—namely, which will have solid parts in a state nearest the fluid conditions, consequently having the greatest suppleness and only sufficient consistence to be susceptible of constituting the parts contained in it. Such is the condition of the most gelatinous ...

— Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution - His Life and Work • Alpheus Spring Packard

... nasal and of the anal cavities often show themselves under the form of rounded bodies, projecting from the nose or anus. Their size and consistence are variable—sometimes soft, tearing with the greatest facility, and bleeding at the slightest touch; at other times, solid and covered with pituitary membrane. They are generally the result of ulcerations, wounds, fractures, ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt

... layer it is sufficient to note that three elements compose it, all three contemporary, of the same origin and of the same thickness, a Roman language, the civil law of Rome, and Roman Christianity; each of these elements, through its consistence, indicates the consistence of ...

— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 6 (of 6) - The Modern Regime, Volume 2 (of 2) • Hippolyte A. Taine

... assuring us, 'that the webs would take a tincture from them;' and, as he had them of all hues, he hoped to fit everybody's fancy, as soon as he could find proper food for the flies, of certain gums, oils, and other glutinous matter, to give a strength and consistence to the threads." ...

— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury

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