HyperDic: consistence

English > 2 senses of the word *consistence*:
NOUN	attribute	consistence, consistency	a harmonious uniformity or agreement / agreement among things or parts
NOUN	attribute	consistence, consistency, substance, body	the property of holding together and retaining its shape

consistence > pronunciation
Sounds	kahnsih'stahns
Rhymes	abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns...

English > *consistence*: 2 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	A harmonious uniformity or agreement / agreement among things or parts.
Synonym	consistency
Broader	uniformity, uniformness	The quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom)
Opposite	inconsistency	The quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
Spanish	consistencia
Catalan	consistència
Adjectives	consistent	marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
Verbs	consist	be consistent in form, tenor, or character

English > *consistence*: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	The property of holding together and retaining its shape.
Synonyms	consistency, substance, body
Attributes	thick	relatively dense / dense in consistency
Attributes	thin	relatively thin in consistency or low in density / density
Narrower	breakableness	The consistency of something that breaks / breaks / breaks under pressure
	gaseousness	Having the consistency of a gas
	hardness	The property of being rigid and resistant to pressure
	porosity, porousness	The property of being porous
	softness	The property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
	solidity, solidness	The consistency of a solid
	thickness	resistance to flow
	thinness	A consistency of low viscosity
	unbreakableness	A consistency of something that does not break / break / break under pressure
	viscosity, viscousness	resistance of a liquid / liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
Broader	property	A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
Spanish	consistencia, eubstance
Catalan	consistència, eubstance

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