Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Local coherence.

    logical coherence and accordance with the facts

  2. (countable, uncountable)Correspondence or compatibility.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.

    They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.

    Beständigkeit, Regelmäßigkeit, Zuverlässigkeit

    согласо́ванностьsoglasóvannostʹ, консисте́нтностьkonsisténtnostʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)The degree of viscosity of something.

    Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.

    Konsistenz

    консистенцияkonsistencija

  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.

    Widerspruchsfreiheit, Konsistenz

    (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Consistency is what we're striving for.

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  2. That's what we call consistency.

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  3. Trust can only be earned through consistency.

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  4. The main thing that dreams lack is consistency.

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  5. I don't like the consistency of this food.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent:
degree of viscosity of something:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent:
degree of viscosity of something:
logic: state of a system of axioms:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: consistencies
Singularconsistency
Pluralconsistencies

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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