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sequent

sequent (plural sequents)

1. Something which follows in a given sequence.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.30:

     The One is somewhat shadowy. It is sometimes called God, sometimes the Good; it transcends Being, which is the first sequent upon the One.

2. (logic) An element of a sequence, usually a sequence in which every entry is an axiom or can be inferred from previous elements.

sequent (comparative more sequent, superlative most sequent)

1. (obsolete) That comes after in time or order; subsequent.
2. (now rare) That follows on as a result, conclusion etc.; consequent to, on, upon.
   • c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure:

     But let my Triall, be mine owne Confession: / Immediate sentence then, and sequent death, / Is all the grace I beg.

   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     Maisie found herself clutched to her mothers breast and passionately sobbed and shrieked over, made the subject of a demonstration evidently sequent to some sharp passage just enacted.

3. Recurring in succession or as a series; successive, consecutive.
   • c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, I.2:

     The Gallies Haue sent a dozen sequent Messengers / This very night, at one anothers heeles: / And many of the Consuls, raisd and met, / Are at the Dukes already.

Definizione dizionario sequent

seguente

successivo

Altri significati:

(now rare) The follows on as a result, conclusion etc.; consequent to, on, upon.

Recurring in succession or as a series; successive, consecutive.

(logic) An element of a sequence, usually a sequence in which every entry is an axiom or can be inferred from previous elements.

(obsolete) That comes after in time or order; subsequent.