[syn: consistent, uniform]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Consistent \Con*sist"ent\, a. [L. consistens, p. pr.: cf. F.
consistant.]
1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
[1913 Webster]
The humoral and consistent parts of the body.
--Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having agreement with itself or with something else;
having harmony among its parts; possesing unity;
accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not
contradictory.
[1913 Webster]
Show me one that has it in his power
To act consistent with himself an hour. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be
free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent.
--South.
[1913 Webster]
3. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or
professions.
[1913 Webster]
It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and
a conspirator. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
consistent
adj 1: (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent
or reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts";
"I have decided that the course of conduct which I am
following is consistent with my sense of responsibility
as president in time of war"- FDR [ant: inconsistent]
2: capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible
results can be obtained" [syn: reproducible, consistent]
[ant: irreproducible, unreproducible]
3: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent
relation of parts; "a coherent argument" [syn: coherent,
consistent, logical, ordered] [ant: incoherent]
4: the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous
coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous
product" [syn: consistent, uniform]