n. [ L., consequentia: cf. F. conséquence. See Consequent. ] 1. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shun to taste,
And shun the bitter consequence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such fatal consequence unites us three. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Link follows link by necessary consequence. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a matter of small consequence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sense of your own worth and consequence. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

In consequence, hence; for this cause. --
In consequence of, by reason of; as the effect of.

Syn. -- Effect; result; end. See Effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inconsequentia: cf. F. inconséquence. ] The quality or state of being inconsequent; lack of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Astronomy) That region on a two-dimensional graph of luminosity versus temperature for stars (the Herzsprung-Russel diagram), which runs from high temperature and high luminosity to low temperature and low luminosity, in which most of the stars (plotted as points on the diagram) are found. A normal star such as the earth's sun will spend most of its time over billions of years within this region of temperature and luminosity, as it progressively converts more of its original hydrogen into heavier elements. After the hydrogen is consumed, a star may become a red giant or evolve into other types of star not within the main sequence region. [ PJC ]

n. A wrong consequence; a false deduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. séquence, L. sequentia, fr. sequens. See Sequent. ] 1. The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

How art thou a king
But by fair sequence and succession? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sequence and series of the seasons of the year. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Philos.) Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) (a) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps. (b) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (R.C.Ch.) A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name. Bp. Fitzpatrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Card Playing) (a) (Whist) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight. (b) (Poker) All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. the specific order of any linear arrangement of items; as, the sequence of amino acid residues in a protein; the sequence of instructions in a computer program; the sequence of acts in a variety show. [ PJC ]

v. t. (Biochem.) to determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a DNA fragment. [ PJC ]

{ } n. The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Remote consequence. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]