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Consistence

Definition: Consistence

Consistence

Noun

1. 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)


Specialty Definition: Consistence

DomainDefinition

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.

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Synonyms: Consistence

Synonyms: body (n), consistency (n). (additional references)
Antonym: inconsistency (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Consistence

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Consistence

English words defined with "consistence": Bog butterCarnousGruellyInspissateLemnian reddlePanade, Pissasphaltsoft soap. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Consistence

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Consistence

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Consistence

Expression using "consistence": soil consistence. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Consistence

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

consistence ionamin

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Consistence

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

   

Portuguese

  

consistência (solidity). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

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)

   

Russian 

  

плотность (closeness, consistency, density, massiveness, toughness). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

konzistencija (consistency), doslednost (consistency). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

consistencia (consistency, fixtures). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

konsistens (consistency, texture). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukrainian

  

щільність (closeness, density, massiveness, tightness, turbidity), консистенція. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính chắc chắn (staidness, sureness, unfailingness, unquestionableness), độ đặc. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Consistence

Derivations

Words beginning with "consistence": consistences. (additional references)

Words ending with "consistence": inconsistence. (additional references)

Words containing "consistence": inconsistences. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Consistence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consistance, consisteney, consistens. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Consistence"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "consistence" (pronounced kunsi"stuns)
8-n s i" s t u n sinsistence.
7-s i" s t u n sassistance, persistence, subsistence.
6-i" s t u n scoexistence, distance, existence, resistance.
5-s t u n sinstance, substance.
4-t u n sacceptance, acquaintance, admittance, capacitance, competence, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incompetence, inductance, inheritance, omnipotence, pittance, reluctance, remittance, repentance, sentence.
3-u n sabeyance, 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.

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Anagrams: Consistence

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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