Consequent poles
- Consequent poles
- Consequent Con"se*quent, a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of
consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F.
cons['e]quent. See {Second}, and cf. {Consecution}.]
1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
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The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions. [1913 Webster]
{Consequent points}, {Consequent poles} (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.