1. (

• consistency ,
• consistence ,
• substance ,
• body

) the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" ;

2. (

• consistency ,
• consistence ,

) a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts ;

3. (

• consistency

) logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency" ;

4. (

• consistency ,

) (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another ;