Part 482

3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

Con`se*quen"tial (?), a. 1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent.

All that is revealed in Scripture has a consequential necessity of being believed . . . because it is of divine authority. Locke.

These kind of arguments . . . are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale.

2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4.

His stately and consequential pace. Sir W. Scott.

Consequential damage (Law) (a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable (b) Damage which although remote is actionable. (c) Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate result of an act.

Con`se*quen"tial*ly, adv. 1. With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.

The faculty of writing consequentially. Addison.

2. By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially. South.

3. In a regular series; in the order of cause and effect; with logical concatenation; consecutively; continuously.

4. With assumed importance; pompously.

Con`se*quen"tial*ness, n. The quality of being consequential.

Con"se*quent*ly (?), adv. By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.

Syn. -- See Accordingly.

Con*ser"tion (?), n. [L. consertio, fr. conserere, -sertum to connect; con- + serere to join.] Junction; adaptation [R.]

Consertion of design, how exquisite. Young.

Con*serv"a*ble (?), a. [L. conservabilitis.] Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.

Con*serv"an*cy (?), n. Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.

Con*serv"ant (?), a. [L. conservans, p. pr.] Having the power or quality of conservation.

Con`ser*va"tion (?), n. [L. conservatio: cf. F. conservation.] The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism. Hallam.

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Burke.

Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over equal areas in equal times. -- Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.), the principle that the total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible. Clerk Maxwell.

Con`ser*va"tion*al (?), a. Tending to conserve; preservative.

Con*serv"a*tism (?), n. [For conservatism.] The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.

Con*serv"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. conservatif.] 1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

2. Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.