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con·sis·ten·cy  audio  (kn-sstn-s) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. con·sis·ten·cies
    1. Agreement or logical coherence among things or parts: a rambling argument that lacked any consistency.
    2. Correspondence among related aspects; compatibility: questioned the consistency of the administration's actions with its stated policy.
  2. Reliability or uniformity of successive results or events: pitched with remarkable consistency throughout the season.
  3. Degree of density, firmness, or viscosity: beat the mixture to the consistency of soft butter.



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