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# consistency

«consistency» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **always acting, working or happening in the same way…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (consistency, consistencies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Consistency is always acting, working or happening in the same way, steady and reliable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#m1)

2) Consistency is how thick, smooth or runny something is, like a liquid or mixture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#m2)

3) (maths, logic) Consistency means that facts or rules do not contradict each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah's list of the thirty-two paths of wisdom, the "Stable Intelligence" is named for the steadiness it gives to all the numerations (the ten sefirot), as the tradition reads it. In the primary lessons: In cooking and science, pupils describe the consistency of mixtures: runny, thick, lumpy, smooth. In sport and school, teachers praise consistency in effort and results. In maths and stories, an answer or a story must show consistency — no contradictions. Phrases: «the consistency of paste», «show consistency», «lack of consistency».

### examples

- and it is so called because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#x1)
- The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, and it is so called because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#x2)
- Stir the batter until it has a smooth consistency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#x3)
- The paint was the consistency of thick cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#x4)
- The team won because of their consistency all season. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#x5)
- Consistency is important when you train a puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#x6)
- The teacher checked my story for consistency: the dog can't be brown and then white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#x7)
- Her work shows great consistency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/#x8)

### note

Mostly uncountable. Adjective «consistent», adverb «consistently». Spelling: -ency, not -ancy. In science experiments, «consistent results» mean repeated tests give the same or similar answers, which makes them more reliable.

### In the corpora

- [Consistency means treating similar cases in similar ways.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «consistency» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consistency/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.