consistency

noun

1. 1

   Local coherence.

2. 2

   Correspondence or compatibility.

3. 3

   Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.

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

   That consistency of behaviour whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just.

4. 4

   The degree of viscosity of something.

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

   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.

5. 5

   Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.

6. 6

   obsoleteFirmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

   His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency.

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plural

consistencies