Consistence Definition

kən-sĭstəns
noun
Consistency.
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(archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of firmness, solidity, density, and viscosity; consistency.

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The staying together, or remaining in close relation, of non-physical things.

Her performance has lacked consistence over the last year.
This composer's musical work is of extraordinary consistence.
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Jeremy Taylor.
We are as water, weak, and of no consistence.
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Noun

Singular:
consistence
Plural:
consistences

Origin of Consistence

  • From Middle French. Compare French consistance.

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Consistence Sentence Examples

  • A further means of enabling a soap to contain large proportions of water and yet present a firm consistence is found in the use of silicate of soda.

  • They are characterized by their gelatinous consistence and large size of their sporophore.

  • Soft Soap. - Soft soaps are made with potash lyes, although in practice a small quantity of soda is also used to give the soap some consistence.

  • It dissolves readily in ether, and has a soft resinous consistence.

  • The simpler forms bear the perithecia directly on the mycelium, but the more highly developed forms often bear them on a special mycelial development - the stroma, which is often of large size and special shape and colour, and of dense consistence.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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consistence

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With CE

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With C11 Letter Words Ending With E