■ adjective
1》 following as a consequence.
↘ archaic logically consistent.
2》 Geology (of a stream or valley) having a direction or character determined by the original slope of the land before erosion.
■ noun
1》 Logic the second part of a conditional proposition, whose truth is stated to be implied by that of the antecedent.
2》 Music the second or imitating voice or part in a canon.
Derivatives
~ial adjective
~iality noun
~ially adverb