Definition of consistency Consistency

/kʌnsɪˈstʌnsi/ - [kunsistunsee] - con•sist•en•cy

We found 19 definitions of consistency from 5 different sources.

What does consistency mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: consistencies
consistency - the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
		consistence, eubstance, body
		property any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"
		thick abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"
		thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
		gaseousness having the consistency of a gas
		viscosity, viscousness resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
		thickness resistance to flow
		thinness a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup"
		hardness the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
		softness a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is not something permitted of good leaders"
		breakableness the consistency of something that breaks under pressure
		unbreakableness a consistency of something that does not break under pressure
		porosity, porousness the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
consistency - a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
		consistence
		uniformness, uniformity the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom)
consistency - (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
		logicality, logicalness correct and valid reasoning
consistency - logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"
		coherence, coherency, cohesiveness, cohesion logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts

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Wiktionary

consistency (Noun)
local coherence.
consistency (Noun)
correspondence or compatibility.
consistency (Noun)
reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
consistency (Noun)
The degree of viscosity of something.
consistency (Noun)
Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
consistency (Noun)
Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

consistency (n.)
The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
consistency (n.)
A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.
consistency (n.)
That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
consistency (n.)
Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
consistency (n.)
Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

consistency
The property of holding together and retaining its shape.
consistency
Logical coherence and accordance with the facts.
consistency
A primary attribute of a database transactions, meaning that if a transaction fails, the data is returned to its original state, or if it doesn't fail, a new state of data is created.