CONSISTENT

adjective Etymology: Latin ~-, consistens, present participle of consistere Date: 1638 possessing firmness or coherence, 2. marked by harmony, regularity, or steady continuity ; free from variation or contradiction , marked by agreement ; compatible , showing steady conformity to character, profession, belief, or custom , tending to be arbitrarily close to the true value of the parameter estimated as the sample becomes large , ~ly adverb