consistence — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Logical consistency; lack of self-contradiction.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. The staying together, or remaining in close relation, of non-physical things.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Her performance has lacked consistence over the last year.

   This composer’s musical work is of extraordinary consistence.

3. The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   If they [expressed juices] be boiled into the Consistence of a Syrup.

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   It is generally about the size of a melon, a little fibrous towards the centre, but everywhere else quite smooth and puddingy, something in consistence between yeast-dumplings and batter-pudding.

   All these things, and many others too numerous to mention, were well mixed together in the famous pot and boiled for four hours, until the consistence of a mess, or poss, was obtained, […]

4. The condition of adhering or standing together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; coherence, existence, firmness, solidity.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Obsolete
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence.

   VVe are as vvater, vveak, and of no conſiſtence, alvvayes deſcending, abiding in no certain place, unleſeſ vvhere vvee are detained vvith violence: […]

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   When it was brought to the school it discharged from its right nostril, a whitish, viscid, clotty matter, which, although of little consistence, strongly adhered to the sides of the nostril.

5. That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Obsolete
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   The church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members.

6. Standing still; quiescence, state of rest.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Obsolete
   • Uncountable

7. A substance which adheres together.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

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   Ægyptian ingenuity vvas more unſatisfied, contriving their bodies in ſvveet conſiſtences, to attend the return of their ſouls. But all vvas vanity, feeding the vvinde, and folly.

Noun

1. a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

   Synonyms

   consistency

   Broader terms

   uniformityuniformness

2. the property of holding together and retaining its shape

   Synonyms

   consistencysubstancebody

   Broader terms

   property

   Examples

   wool has more body than rayon

   when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake