Of or pertaining to consequences.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
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."
Of critical importance to the success of a particular endeavor.
Having death as a possible or even likely outcome; perilous.
Of critical importance to the survival of a living organism.