Consecutive \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.
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2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or
logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
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The actions of a man consecutive to volition.
--Locke.
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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.
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Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind
succeeding one another without interruption.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Consecutive \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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