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Consecutive

Consecutive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Consecutive? [adv] in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively" [adj] one after the other; "back-to-back home runs" [adj] successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [adj] in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Consecutive: back-to-back \| continuous \| ordered \| sequent \| sequential \| sequentially \| serial \| straight \| succeeding(a) \| successive \| uninterrupted Related Terms \| Find terms related to Consecutive: after \| attendant \| cadet \| catenary \| connected \| consistent \| continuous \| enlarging \| ensuing \| following \| increasing \| joined \| junior \| later \| lineal \| linear \| orderly \| ordinal \| posterior \| progressive \| puisne \| sequent \| sequential \| serial \| seriate \| subsequent \| succeeding \| successional \| successive \| tight \| trailing \| uninterrupted \| younger See Also \| Consecutive In Webster's Dictionary \Consec"utive\, a. [Cf. F. cons['e]cutif. See {Consequent}.] 1. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years. 2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding. The actions of a man consecutive to volition. --Locke. 3. (Mus.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. {Consecutive chords} (Mus.), chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption.

Consecutive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Consecutive?

[adv] in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively"
[adj] one after the other; "back-to-back home runs"
[adj] successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"
[adj] in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"

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Consecutive In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*sec"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. cons['e]cutif. See
{Consequent}.]
1. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular
   order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession;
   with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.

2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or
   logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.

         The actions of a man consecutive to volition.
                                               --Locke.

3. (Mus.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain
   parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony;
   as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are
   forbidden.

{Consecutive chords} (Mus.), chords of the same kind
   succeeding one another without interruption.

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