noun
- The property of holding together and retaining its shape.
- usage: "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
- synonyms: consistence, eubstance, body
- A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts.
- synonyms: consistence
- Logical coherence and accordance with the facts.
- usage: "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"
- Logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another. (.
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