Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.
That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
In a rule, the phrase that specifies one or more actions for G2 to perform, either sequentially or simultaneously. G2 performs these actions only if evaluating the expression in the rule's antecedent produces a sufficient truth-value. Contrast with antecedent.
That which follows the antecedent and gives it balance and closure: for example, the second four measures of an eight-measure phrase.
β in any statement of the form "If α then β" or a WFF (α→β). Not to be confused with the premises of an argument. Not to be confused with the conclusion of an argument.
the conclusion of a default.
the second voice to enter a canon
The second phrase in a musical period, in a fugue, the answer.
From RDF Semantics ( 2004-02-10) (n.) In an inference, the expression constructed from the antecedent . In an entailment relation, the entailee. Also conclusion .
In a conditional claim, the subsidiary claim after the arrow, or immediately after the word "then," or after the phrase "only if."
The THEN clause of an IF–THEN rule. See also antecedent.
When an association between two variables is defined, the second item (or right-hand side) is called the consequent. For example, in the relationship "When a prospector buys a pick, he buys a shovel 14% of the time," "buys a shovel" is the consequent.
A consequent is the second half of a hypothetical proposition. In the standard form of such a proposition, it is the part that follows "then".