English Dictionary

consequent

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/

名詞

(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q." / An event which follows another.

日本語の意味

（論理学）仮定命題の後件（例：「もしPならばQ」のQ部分） / 先行する事象に続いて起こる事象

During the lecture, the professor showed how denying the consequent of a hypothetical proposition does not always deny the antecedent.

講義の間、教授は仮言命題の後件を否定することが常に前件を否定するわけではないことを示した。

意味（1）

(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."

意味（2）

An event which follows another.

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.

意味（3）

(mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.

意味（4）

(geology) A consequent stream.

Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.

consequents （ plural ）