consistent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective (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
  2. adjective capable of being reproduced
    reproducible.
    • astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained
  3. adjective marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
    coherent; ordered; logical.
    • a coherent argument
  4. adjective satellite the same throughout in structure or composition
    uniform.
    • bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product

WordNet

Con*sist"ent adjective
Etymology
L. consistens, p.pr.: cf. F. consistant.
Definitions
  1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
    The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey.
  2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.
    Show me one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour. Pope.
    With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. South.
  3. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.
    It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator. Macaulay.

Webster 1913