## Meanings
1. The quality of always behaving or performing in the same way.
2. The thickness or texture of a liquid or soft substance.
3. Logical agreement, with no parts that contradict each other.

## Examples
- They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their products.
- Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.
- His argument rambled and lacked any consistency.

## Antonyms
- inconsistency

## Derived Forms
- endoconsistency
- exoconsistency
- nonconsistency
- paraconsistency
- photoconsistency
- self-consistency
- sparsistency
- unconsistency

## Related Forms
- consist
- consistence
- consistent

## Etymology
By surface analysis, consistent + -cy, consistence + -y or consist + -ency.

## AI Etymology
Consistency is formed by surface analysis from consistent + -cy, consistence + -y or consist + -ency. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include the quality of always behaving or performing in the same way, the thickness or texture of a liquid or soft substance, and logical agreement, with no parts that contradict each other. The wider family includes derived forms such as endoconsistency, exoconsistency, nonconsistency, paraconsistency, and photoconsistency and related words such as consist, consistence, and consistent.

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