Meaning of CONSECUTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | kun'sekyutiv
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- [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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| | Synonyms: | | back-to-back, continuous, ordered, sequent, sequential, sequentially, serial, straight, succeeding(a), successive, uninterrupted |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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