logically consistent

  • 101incompleteness theorem — noun Logic the theorem, proposed by the mathematician Kurt Gödel, that in any sufficiently powerful, logically consistent formulation of logic or mathematics there must be true formulas which are neither provable nor disprovable …

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  • 102explain — 1 Explain, expound, explicate, elucidate, interpret, construe are comparable when they mean to make oneself or another understand the meaning of something. Explain, the most general term, implies a making of something plain or intelligible to… …

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  • 103consequential — con•se•quen•tial [[t]ˌkɒn sɪˈkwɛn ʃəl[/t]] adj. 1) following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent 2) following as a logical conclusion or inference; logically consistent 3) of consequence or importance 4) self important;… …

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  • 104add — /æd / (say ad) verb (t) 1. to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance: to add another stone to the pile. 2. Also, add up. to find the sum of: *When they came to add up his service he was short by one day. –david… …

  • 105consequent — /ˈkɒnsəkwənt / (say konsuhkwuhnt) adjective 1. following as an effect or result; resulting. 2. following as a logical conclusion. 3. logically consistent. 4. Geology (of a river) having a course or direction dependent on, or controlled by, the… …

  • 106consequential — /kɒnsəˈkwɛnʃəl / (say konsuh kwenshuhl) adjective 1. of the nature of a consequence; following as an effect or result, or as a logical conclusion or inference; consequent; resultant: jobs as a consequential benefit of development. 2. self… …

  • 107cohere — ► VERB 1) hold firmly together; form a whole. 2) (of an argument or theory) be logically consistent. ORIGIN Latin cohaerere stick together …

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  • 108consequent — adj. & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by on, upon) following as a result or consequence. 2 logically consistent. n. 1 a thing that follows another. 2 Logic the second part of a conditional proposition, dependent on the antecedent. Etymology: ME f. OF f.… …

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  • 109con|se|quent — «KON suh kwehnt, kwuhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. resulting; following as an effect; consequential: »His long illness and consequent absence put him far behind in his work. 2. following as a logical conclusion. 3. logically consistent. 4.… …

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  • 110bear a relation to — bear a relation (or relationship) to [with negative] be logically consistent with the map didn t seem to bear any relation to the roads …

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