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View synonyms for sequent
sequent
[ see-kwuhnt ]
adjective
- following; successive.
- following logically or naturally; consequent.
- characterized by continuous succession; consecutive.
noun
- something that follows in order or as a result.
sequent
/ ˈsiːkwənt /
adjective
- following in order or succession
- following as a result; consequent
noun
- something that follows; consequence
- logic a formal representation of an argument. The inference of A from A & B is written A & B ̃⊢ A. The sequent ̃⊢ A represents the derivation of A from no assumptions and thus indicates that A is a theorem
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Derived Forms
- ˈsequently, adverb
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Other Words From
- sequent·ly adverb
- non·sequent adjective
- un·sequent adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sequent1
C16: from Latin sequēns, from sequī to follow
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Example Sentences
The land, that gave me birth, Is situate on the coast, where Po descends To rest in ocean with his sequent streams.
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The situation had suddenly grown too confused for words, or even sequent thoughts.
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The harmony, the unity of a mans life, compounded though that life be of sequent episodes, makes the artists intuition.
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I will now conclude by briefly summarizing these matters of general principle in the form of twelve sequent propositions.
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They may be pursued much in the same way, or by alternations in which each prior study favors the sequent one.
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