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consistence
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consistence, n. [Cf. F. consistance.].
- The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. [1913 Webster]"Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence." [1913 Webster]"We are as water, weak, and of no consistence." [1913 Webster]"The same form, substance, and consistency." [1913 Webster]
- A degree of firmness, density, viscosity, or spissitude; a measure of the ability to hold together when manipulated. [1913 Webster]"Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup." [1913 Webster]
- That which stands together as a united whole; a combination. [1913 Webster]"The church of God, as meaning the whole consistence of orders and members." [1913 Webster]
- Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency. [1913 Webster]"His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just." [1913 Webster]"Consistency, thou art a jewel." [1913 Webster]
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consistence
Density
N density, solidity, solidness, impenetrability, impermeability, incompressibility, imporosity, cohesion, constipation, consistence, spissitude, specific gravity, hydrometer, areometer, condensation, caseation, solidation, solidification, consolidation, concretion, coagulation, petrification, crystallization, precipitation, deposit, precipitate, inspissation, gelation, thickening, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, insolubility, indissolvableness, solid body, mass, block, knot, lump, concretion, concrete, conglomerate, cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum, bone, gristle, cartilage, casein, crassamentum, legumin, superdense matter, condensed states of matter, dwarf star, neutron star, dense, solid, solidified, caseous, pukka, coherent, cohesive, compact, close, serried, thickset, substantial, massive, lumpish, impenetrable, impermeable, nonporous, imporous, incompressible, constipated, concrete, knotted, knotty, gnarled, crystalline, crystallizable, thick, grumous, stuffy, undissolved, unmelted, unliquefied, unthawed, indivisible, indiscerptible, infrangible, indissolvable, indissoluble, insoluble, infusible.For further exploring for "consistence" in Webster Dictionary Online
