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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts [syn: consistency, consistence] [ant: inconsistency]
2: the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" [syn: consistency, consistence, eubstance, body]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1601 consistency

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Consistence Con*sist"ence, Consistency Con*sist"en*cy, n. [Cf. F. consistance.] 1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. --Bacon. We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. --Jer. Taylor. The same form, substance, and consistency. --T. Burnet. 2. A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude. Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup. --Arbuthnot.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Consistency, body, degree of density. 2. (Rare.) Durability, permanence. 3. (Rare.) Structure, combination, organization.