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self-consistent

[ self-kuhn-sis-tuhnt, self- ]

noun

  1. consistent with oneself or itself.


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Other Word Forms

  • -Dz·t· noun
  • -Dz·tԳ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-consistent1

First recorded in 1675–85
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Example Sentences

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emerges is a self-consistent picture that lets a black hole retain its regular structure as predicted by general relativity, albeit with the presence of an implicit though powerful nonlocality.

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It was not just a set of self-consistent mathematical statements.

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"It was pretty self-consistent that the ice flow was heavily disturbed at or prior to the Younger Dryas," MacGregor says.

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“A moon is the simplest, most elegant and self-consistent hypothesis—that’s why we favor it.”

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The letter implies that the college’s notion of “diversity of opinion and background” is comprehensive, self-consistent, and definitive.

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