sequent

English [edit]

From Old French sequent, from Latin sequentem, present participle of sequi (“to follow”).

sequent (comparative more sequent, superlative most sequent)

(obsolete) That comes after in time or order; subsequent.
(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 mother's breast and passionately sobbed and shrieked over, made the subject of a demonstration evidently sequent to some sharp passage just enacted.
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, rais'd and met, / Are at the Dukes already.

that comes after — see subsequent

that follows on — see consequent

recurring in succession

sequent (plural sequents)

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

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something that follows

loqic: element of sequence

Terms etymologically related to the adjective or noun sequent