consequent: Meaning and Definition of

con•se•quent

1. following as an effect or result; resulting (often fol. by on, upon, or to): a fall in price consequent to a rise in production.
2. following as a logical conclusion: a consequent law.
3. following or progressing logically: consequent reasoning.

1. anything that follows upon something else, with or without a causal relationship.
2. the second member of a conditional proposition, as “Caesar was a great general” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”
1. the second term of a ratio.
2. the second of two vectors in a dyad.