consequenta.[L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. consquent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.()The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. (Locke.)2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.()Consequent points, Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities.()n.1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.()They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. (Sir J. Davies.)2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.()3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.()