consistency
IPA: kʌnsˈɪstʌnsi
noun
- Local coherence.
- Correspondence or compatibility.
- Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
- The degree of viscosity of something.
- (logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
- (obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
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Examples of "consistency" in Sentences
- The lack of consistency is glaring.
- It's the consistency of the statements.
- The others are consistency and felicity.
- Like her husband, she could see no point in consistency, which is the very mortar of society.
- It tastes almost like pastry cream, but the consistency is almost identical to Swiss meringue buttercream!
- Tagged with consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, health care, John Boehner, morally odious morons, politics, Republicans
- Bradshaw could have adhered to it, without any other reason than the maintenance of what he called consistency, but which was in fact doggedness.
- White House spokesman Jay Carney on Wednesday expressed concerns the bill could cause what he called "consistency issues" with the nation's international commitments.
- Of course, I suspect that their consistency is the result of being deluded enough to fail to understand the way the rest of the nation views SS rather than any intellectual integrity.
- Let me repeat for the record, our experience with S.O.S.E. has been flawless both in consistency and timeliness of its response to our tripped home alarm since the system was installed.
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