Dictionary

consistency en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/
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• /ˈkən.sɪs.ˈʈen.siː/ (India)

Etymology

By surface analysis, consistent + -cy, consistence + -y or consist + -ency.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Local coherence.
2. (countable, uncountable) Correspondence or compatibility.
3. (countable, uncountable) Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
   • That consistency of behaviour whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just. 1716 January 5 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 2. Sunday, December 26. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
   • They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.
4. (countable, uncountable) The degree of viscosity of something.
   • As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
   • Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.
5. (countable, uncountable) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
   • His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency. 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

Forms

Antonyms

inconsistency

Deriveds

photoconsistency · paraconsistency · self-consistency · exoconsistency · nonconsistency · a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds · endoconsistency · sparsistency · unconsistency

Relateds

consistence · consist · consistent

Translations (70)

ar اِتِّسَاق (logic: state of a system of axioms) · ka ურყევობა (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ro consistență (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ka ერთიანობა (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · fi yhdenmukaisuus (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · fi johdonmukaisuus (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · fi tasaisuus (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ca consistència (degree of viscosity of something) · el συνέπεια (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · de Beständigkeit (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · tl pagkamaugnayin (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · de Konsistenz (logic: state of a system of axioms) · it coerenza (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · de Konsistenz (degree of viscosity of something) · ca consistència (logic: state of a system of axioms) · de Widerspruchsfreiheit (logic: state of a system of axioms) · cy ansawdd (degree of viscosity of something) · ru консисте́нтность (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · nl consistentie (degree of viscosity of something) · ka კონსისტენტურობა (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · eo kohereco (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ka თანმიმდევრობა (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · pt consistência (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · pl niesprzeczność (logic: state of a system of axioms) · ka მუდმივობა (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ka კონსისტენცია (degree of viscosity of something) · de Regelmäßigkeit (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · de Zuverlässigkeit (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · fr consistance (degree of viscosity of something) · nn konsistens (degree of viscosity of something) · no konsistens (logic: state of a system of axioms) · it consistenza (degree of viscosity of something) · ckb سازگاری (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ka შეთანხმებულობა (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · fi ristiriidattomuus (logic: state of a system of axioms) · ru согласо́ванность (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · bg консистенция (degree of viscosity of something) · bg постоянство (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · bg устойчивост (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · nb konsistens (degree of viscosity of something) · cy cysondeb (logic: state of a system of axioms) · ca consistència (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ms konsistensi (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ms ketekalan (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · kk қоюлылық (degree of viscosity of something) · az ardıcıllıq (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · gl consistencia (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · it costanza (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · pt consistência (degree of viscosity of something) · no konsistens (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · fi koostumus (degree of viscosity of something) · es consistencia (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ckb ڕێکی (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · pl spójność (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ga comhsheasmhacht (degree of viscosity of something) · sv konsistens (degree of viscosity of something) · ro consecvență (logic: state of a system of axioms) · pl konsystencja (degree of viscosity of something) · kk консистенция (degree of viscosity of something) · hu állag (degree of viscosity of something) · ga comhsheasmhacht (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · de Verlässlichkeit (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ms kekonsistenan (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · kk қоюлық (degree of viscosity of something) · cy cysondeb (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · da konsistens (degree of viscosity of something) · ru консистенция (degree of viscosity of something) · id konsistensi (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · ar اِتِّسَاق (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent) · nl samenhang (logic: state of a system of axioms)