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Consecutive
Pronunciation : Con*sec"u*tive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. F. cons?cutif. See Consequent.]
Definition : 1. Following in a train; suceeding 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.)
Defn: 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 suceeding one another without interruption.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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