consistence

Plural: consistences

Noun

• a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
• the property of holding together and retaining its shape
• Logical consistency; lack of self-contradiction.
• The staying together, or remaining in close relation, of non-physical things.
• The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.
• The condition of adhering or standing together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; coherence, existence, firmness, solidity.
• That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
• Standing still; quiescence, state of rest.
• A substance which adheres together.

Examples

• Her performance has lacked consistence over the last year.
• This composer’s musical work is of extraordinary consistence.

Synonyms

body, consistency, eubstance

Antonyms

inconsistency

Related Words

consist, consistency, consistent