I. kənˈsistənt adjective
Etymology: Latin consistent-, consistens, present participle of consistere
1. archaic : marked by unchanging position or by firmness, stiffness, solidarity, or coherence
organs made consistent by cartilage
: stationary, changeless, and enduring
the consistent pines on the ledge
2.
a. : marked by harmony, regularity, or steady continuity throughout : showing no significant change, unevenness, or contradiction
in art all styles are good provided … they are consistent and harmonious within themselves — J.W.Krutch
the influence of America should be consistent in seeking for humanity a final peace — F.D.Roosevelt
b. : marked by agreement and concord
opinions consistent with each other
: coexisting and showing no noteworthy opposing, conflicting, inharmonious, or contradictory qualities or trends : compatible — usually used with with
drinking more hollands and water than is consistent with decorum — George Borrow
is your aunt's romanticism always consistent with accuracy — Edith Wharton
c. : showing steady regular conformity to character, profession, belief, or custom
a consistent advocate of a high protective tariff and was for many years president of the Protective Tariff League — A.L.Churchill
d. : jointly assertable so as to be true or not contradictory : compossible
Synonyms: see consonant
II. adjective
: tending to be arbitrarily close to the true value of the parameter estimated as the sample becomes large
a consistent statistical estimator
• consistency noun