"consistency" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈsɪstənsi/ Audio: en-us-consistency.ogg [US] Forms: consistencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} consistency (countable and uncountable, plural consistencies)
  1. Local coherence. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-consistency-en-noun-4i2mTNq6
  2. Correspondence or compatibility. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Systems theory
    Sense id: en-consistency-en-noun-j715d08K Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 29 24 4 28 12
  3. Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Systems theory Translations (reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent): ardıcıllıq (Azerbaijani), постоянство (postojanstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), устойчивост (ustojčivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), consistència [feminine] (Catalan), سازگاری (sazgarî) (Central Kurdish), ڕێکی (rêkî) (Central Kurdish), kohereco (Esperanto), johdonmukaisuus (Finnish), yhdenmukaisuus (Finnish), tasaisuus (Finnish), consistencia [feminine] (Galician), მუდმივობა (mudmivoba) (Georgian), თანმიმდევრობა (tanmimdevroba) (Georgian), კონსისტენტურობა (ḳonsisṭenṭuroba) (Georgian), ერთიანობა (ertianoba) (Georgian), შეთანხმებულობა (šetanxmebuloba) (Georgian), ურყევობა (urq̇evoba) (Georgian), Beständigkeit [feminine] (German), Regelmäßigkeit [feminine] (German), Zuverlässigkeit [feminine] (German), Verlässlichkeit [feminine] (German), συνέπεια (synépeia) [feminine] (Greek), konsistensi (Indonesian), comhsheasmhacht [feminine] (Irish), coerenza [feminine] (Italian), costanza [feminine] (Italian), ketekalan (Malay), kekonsistenan (Malay), konsistensi (Malay), konsistens (Norwegian), spójność [feminine] (Polish), consistência [feminine] (Portuguese), consistență [feminine] (Romanian), согласо́ванность (soglasóvannostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), консисте́нтность (konsisténtnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), consistencia [feminine] (Spanish), pagkamaugnayin (Tagalog), cysondeb [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-consistency-en-noun-rYNgVa1t Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 29 24 4 28 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 18 4 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 7 34 3 33 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 35 3 33 16 Disambiguation of 'reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent': 1 1 95 1 2 0
  4. The degree of viscosity of something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (degree of viscosity of something): консистенция (konsistencija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), consistència [feminine] (Catalan), konsistens [common-gender] (Danish), consistentie [feminine] (Dutch), koostumus (Finnish), consistance [feminine] (French), კონსისტენცია (ḳonsisṭencia) (Georgian), Konsistenz [feminine] (German), állag (Hungarian), comhsheasmhacht [feminine] (Irish), consistenza [feminine] (Italian), қоюлық (qoülyq) (Kazakh), қоюлылық (qoülylyq) (Kazakh), консистенция (konsistensiä) (Kazakh), konsistens [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), konsistens [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), konsystencja [feminine] (Polish), consistência [feminine] (Portuguese), консистенция (konsistencija) [feminine] (Russian), konsistens [common-gender] (Swedish), ansawdd [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-consistency-en-noun-fNwyHNWQ Disambiguation of 'degree of viscosity of something': 3 2 4 88 2 1
  5. (logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic, Systems theory Translations (logic: state of a system of axioms): consistència [feminine] (Catalan), samenhang [masculine] (Dutch), ristiriidattomuus (Finnish), Widerspruchsfreiheit [feminine] (German), Konsistenz [feminine] (German), konsistens (Norwegian), niesprzeczność [feminine] (Polish), consecvență [feminine] (Romanian), cysondeb [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-consistency-en-noun-zcOLwLMx Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 29 24 4 28 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 18 4 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 7 34 3 33 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 35 3 33 16 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'logic: state of a system of axioms': 1 1 4 0 90 3
  6. (obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Systems theory
    Sense id: en-consistency-en-noun-dtfoySZs Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 29 24 4 28 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 18 4 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 7 34 3 33 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 35 3 33 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, self-consistency Related terms: consist, consistence, consistent

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          "word": "spójność"
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          "word": "consistență"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳonsisṭencia",
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          "word": "კონსისტენცია"
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      ],
      "word": "konsistens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consistentie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "word": "koostumus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consistance"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳonsisṭencia",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "word": "კონსისტენცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Konsistenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "word": "állag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comhsheasmhacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consistenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qoülyq",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "word": "қоюлық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qoülylyq",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "word": "қоюлылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "konsistensiä",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "word": "консистенция"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konsistens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konsistens"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "konsystencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consistência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konsistencija",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "консистенция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "konsistens"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "degree of viscosity of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ansawdd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "logic: state of a system of axioms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consistència"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "logic: state of a system of axioms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samenhang"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "logic: state of a system of axioms",
      "word": "ristiriidattomuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "logic: state of a system of axioms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Widerspruchsfreiheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "logic: state of a system of axioms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Konsistenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "logic: state of a system of axioms",
      "word": "konsistens"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "logic: state of a system of axioms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niesprzeczność"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "logic: state of a system of axioms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consecvență"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "logic: state of a system of axioms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cysondeb"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "consistency"
  ],
  "word": "consistency"
}

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