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Definition: Consistence |
ConsistenceNoun1. A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts. 2. The property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "consistence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | A degree of firmness, density, viscosity or resistance to movement or separation of constituent particles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ConsistenceSynonyms: body (n), consistency (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inconsistency (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Density | Noun: density, solidity; solidness. Adjective: impenetrability, impermeability; incompressibility; imporosity; cohesion; constipation, consistence, spissitude. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Consistence |
| English words defined with "consistence": Bog butter ♦ Carnous ♦ Gruelly ♦ Inspissate ♦ Lemnian reddle ♦ Panade, Pissasphalt ♦ soft soap. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Colombia | Industry sources believe that, if approved, the code could lead to a faster development of new mining projects consistence with the government's National Development Plan to double exports, and mining products (mainly coal) are the best positioned to reach this objective. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Consistence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Consistence" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "consistence": soil consistence. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
consistence ionamin | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "consistence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | konsistencë (consistency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تماسك (cement, cling, coherence, cohesion, consolidate, pastiness, solidarity, solidify, squash, steady, tenacity, unity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | консистенция (body, consistency, texture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hustota (density, thickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | konsistens (body, coherence, consistency, partial correctness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | consistentie (body, coherence, consistency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tiiviys (closeness, compactness, denseness, density, tightness), paksuus (thickness), konsistenssi (body, coherence, consistency, soil consistence), jäykkyys (constraint, formality, rigidity, stiffness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | consistance (consistency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Konsistenz (consistency, texture), Folgerichtigkeit (congruity, consistency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνοχή (coherence, cohesion, consistency, containment, continuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tömörség (brevity, compactness, conciseness, concision, consistency, density, massiveness, solidity, succinctness, terseness), következetesség (coherence, coherency, consistency), összetétel (combination, composition, compound, consistency, content, synthesis), állag (consistency), sűrűség (brush, consistency, density), konzisztencia (body, consistency), állandóság (consistency, constancy, fixedness, immutability, permanence, permanency, stability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | consistenza (consistency, foundation, solidity, texture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rick (intelligence, news, order, satisfaction, settled rule, settlement, steadiness, story, tale, uniformity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onsistencecay consistência (solidity). (various references) consistenţã (consistency, constancy, firmness, solidity, stability, steadiness), fermitate (backbone, consistency, decision, determination, firmness, fixedness, fixity, inflexibility, resoluteness, resolution, solidity, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, stiffness, stoutness, sturdiness), densitate (consistency, denseness, density). (various references) плотность (closeness, consistency, density, massiveness, toughness). (various references) konzistencija (consistency), doslednost (consistency). (various references) consistencia (consistency, fixtures). (various references) konsistens (consistency, texture). (various references) yoğunluk (compactness, congestion, consistency, denseness, density, depth, intenseness, intension, intensity, thickness, turbidity, volume), uyum (accommodation, accord, accordance, balance, chime, coherence, coherency, concert, concinnity, concord, concordance, conformity, congruence, congruity, consecution, consistency, consonance, harmony, keeping, proportion, rapport, rhythm, scheme, symmetry, symphony, tune, unison), tutarlılık (consistency), katılık (consistency, hardness, rigidity, rigor, rigour, solidity, sternness, stiffness, strictness). (various references) щільність (closeness, density, massiveness, tightness, turbidity), консистенція. (various references) tính chắc chắn (staidness, sureness, unfailingness, unquestionableness), độ đặc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "consistence": consistences. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "consistence": inconsistence. (additional references) | |
Words containing "consistence": inconsistences. (additional references) | |
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"Consistence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consistance, consisteney, consistens. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "consistence" (pronounced kunsi"stuns) |
| 8 | -n s i" s t u n s | insistence. |
| 7 | -s i" s t u n s | assistance, persistence, subsistence. |
| 6 | -i" s t u n s | coexistence, distance, existence, resistance. |
| 5 | -s t u n s | instance, substance. |
| 4 | -t u n s | acceptance, acquaintance, admittance, capacitance, competence, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incompetence, inductance, inheritance, omnipotence, pittance, reluctance, remittance, repentance, sentence. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, accordance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, imprudence, incidence, incoherence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, innocence, insignificance, insolence, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, remembrance, reminiscence, resemblance, residence, resilience, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-o-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: concisest, ensconces, nescients, seicentos. | |
-3 letters: centesis, centones, coesites, conceits, concents, connects, consents, ensconce, essonite, incenses, neotenic, nescient, niceness, sciences, sections, seicento, senecios, tennises, tensions. | |
-4 letters: cenotes, cession, ciscoes, coesite, conceit, concent, concise, conines, connect, consent, consist, cosiest, cosines, entices, eosines, incense, incests, insects, intense, intones, nosiest, notices, oneness, oscines, science, sconces, section, senecio. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-o-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: consistences. | |
+2 letters: conceitedness, consistencies, ethnosciences, inconsistence, incorrectness. | |
+3 letters: constituencies, inconsistences. | |
+4 letters: conceitednesses, consecutiveness, deconsecrations, disconcertments, discountenances, inconsistencies, incorrectnesses, reconsecrations. | |
+5 letters: constructiveness, counterinstances, disconnectedness. | |
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