CONSEQUENT

adj following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

2. consequent ·noun that which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

3. consequent ·noun the second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

4. consequent ·adj following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

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