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Adjective: consistent  kun'sis-tunt
  1. (sometimes followed by 'with') in agreement with what is already known; compatible with something else
    "testimony consistent with the known facts"; "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"
     
  2. The same throughout in structure or composition
    "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product";
    - uniform
     
  3. Capable of being reproduced
    "astonishingly consistent results can be obtained";
    - reproducible
     
  4. Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
    "a consistent argument";
    - coherent, logical, ordered

See also: accordant, agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant, duplicable, duplicatable, homogeneous, homogenous, invariable, logical, pursuant, rational, reconciled, seamless, self-consistent, unchanging

Antonym: inconsistent, irreproducible

Encyclopedia: Consistent