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Unconsequential :: Unconsequential (a.) Inconsequential.

Telestich :: Telestich (n.) A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic..

Inconsequentness :: Inconsequentness (n.) Inconsequence.

Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion..

Triquadrantal :: Triquadrantal (a.) Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently right angles..

Reaction :: Reaction (n.) An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.

Seminal :: Seminal (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue..

Quadrangle :: Quadrangle (n.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles..

Apodosis :: Apodosis (n.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis..

Nirvana :: Nirvana (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism..

Fractural :: Fractural (a.) Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture..

Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis..

Quadrangular :: Quadrangular (a.) Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal..

Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc..

Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction..

Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent..

Presbyopia :: Presbyopia () A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision, so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly without the use of convex glasses. Called also presbytia..

Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..

Consequent :: Consequent (n.) That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect..

Inconsequence :: Inconsequence (n.) The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness.

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