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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSISTENCE, CONSISTENCY, n.
1. A standing together; a being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; that state of a body, in which its component parts remain fixed.
The consistency of bodies is divers; dense, rare, tangible, pneumatical, volatile, etc.
2. A degree of density or spissitude, but indefinite.
Let the juices or liquor be boiled into the consistency of syrup.
3. Substance; make; firmness of constitution; as, friendship of a lasting consistency; resolutions of durable consistence.
4. A standing together, as the parts of a system, or of conduct, etc.; agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; congruity; uniformity; as the consistency of laws, regulations or judicial decisions; consistency of opinion; consistency of behavior or of character.
There is harmony and consistency in all Gods works.
5. A standing; a state of rest, in which things capable of growth or decrease, remain for a time at a stand.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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]
2: a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts [syn: consistency, consistence] [ant: inconsistency]
3: logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"
4: (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -cies) Date: 1594 1. a. archaic condition of adhering together ; firmness of material substance b. firmness of constitution or character ; persistency 2. degree of firmness, density, viscosity, or resistance to movement or separation of constituent particles <boil the juice to the consistency of a thick syrup> 3. a. agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole ; correspondence; specifically ability to be asserted together without contradiction b. harmony of conduct or practice with profession <followed her own advice with consistency>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also consistence) (pl. -ies or -es) 1 the degree of density, firmness, or viscosity, esp. of thick liquids. 2 the state of being consistent; conformity with other or earlier attitudes, practice, etc. 3 the state or quality of holding or sticking together and retaining shape. Etymology: F consistence or LL consistentia (as consist)

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Consistency is the quality or condition of being consistent. He scores goals with remarkable consistency... There's always a lack of consistency in matters of foreign policy. 2. The consistency of a substance is how thick or smooth it is. Dilute the paint with water until it is the consistency of milk... N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Consistence, degree of density. 2. Congruity, agreement, compatibility, conformableness, correspondence.

Moby Thesaurus

accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence, adaptation, adaption, adhesiveness, adjustment, affinity, agreement, apposition, aptness, assent, balance, bilateral symmetry, bullheadedness, calm, chorus, clarity, clear-cutness, clearness, closeness, coherence, cohesiveness, coincidence, compactness, compatibility, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, conformance, conformation, conformation other-direction, conformity, congeniality, congestedness, congestion, congruence, congruency, congruity, connectedness, connection, consecutiveness, consistence, consonance, consort, constancy, continuity, conventionality, cooperation, correspondence, crowdedness, crystallinity, definition, denseness, density, directness, distinctness, dynamic symmetry, equability, equality, equanimity, equilibrium, equivalence, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness, explicitness, felicity, finish, firmness, fitness, flexibility, gluiness, glutinosity, gumminess, hardness, harmony, homogeneity, impenetrability, impermeability, imporosity, incompressibility, intersection, jammedness, keeping, likeness, limpidity, line, lucidity, malleability, monolithism, multilateral symmetry, obedience, observance, obstinacy, oneness, orderliness, orthodoxy, overlap, parallelism, peace, pellucidity, persistence, persistency, perspicuity, plain English, plain speech, plain style, plainness, pliancy, polarity, proportion, proportionality, rapport, reconcilement, reconciliation, regularity, relative density, retention, self-consistency, sequence, shapeliness, similarity, simplicity, snugness, solidity, solidness, specific gravity, spissitude, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stickiness, straightforwardness, strictness, structure, stubbornness, suitability, symmetricalness, symmetry, sync, synchronism, tackiness, tally, tenaciousness, tenacity, thickness, tightness, timing, toughness, traditionalism, transparency, transpicuity, trilateral symmetry, unadorned style, unambiguousness, unequivocalness, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, unity, unmistakableness, unruffledness, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness