The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Of or pertaining to consequences.
Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
An event which follows another.
The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
A consequent stream.
The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."