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Consistency and Perseverance Definitions

Consistency

Agreement or logical coherence among things or parts
A rambling argument that lacked any consistency.

Perseverance

Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness.

Consistency

Correspondence among related aspects; compatibility
Questioned the consistency of the administration's actions with its stated policy.

Perseverance

(Christianity) The Calvinistic doctrine that those who have been chosen by God will continue in a state of grace to the end and will finally be saved.

Consistency

Reliability or uniformity of successive results or events
Pitched with remarkable consistency throughout the season.
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Perseverance

Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.

Consistency

Degree of density, firmness, or viscosity
Beat the mixture to the consistency of soft butter.

Perseverance

The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.
Whose constant perseverance overcameWhate'er his cruel malice could invent.

Consistency

Local coherence.

Perseverance

Discrimination.
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Consistency

Correspondence or compatibility.

Perseverance

Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.

Consistency

Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.

Perseverance

Persistent determination

Consistency

The degree of viscosity of something.
Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.
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Perseverance

The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior;
His perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate

Consistency

(logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.

Consistency

(obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

Consistency

The property of holding together and retaining its shape;
When the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake

Consistency

A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

Consistency

Logical coherence and accordance with the facts;
A rambling argument that lacked any consistency

Consistency

(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another

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