Meaning & Definition of Consistency in English

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"

2. A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

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