Consequent

·adj Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

II. Consequent ·noun That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

III. Consequent ·noun The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

IV. Consequent ·adj Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

V. Consequent ·noun That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.