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Webster 1913 Edition
Consecutive
1.
Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break;
as, fifty
. consecutive
years2.
Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
The actions of a man
consecutive
to volition. Locke.
3.
(Mus.)
Having similarity of sequence; – said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony;
as,
. consecutive
fifths, or consecutive
octaves, which are forbiddenConsecutive chords
(Mus.)
, chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption.
Webster 1828 Edition
Consecutive
CONSECUTIVE
,Adj.
1.
Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; as, fifty consecutive years.2.
Following; consequential; succeeding; as, the actions of men consecutive to volition.3.
Consecutive chords, in music, imply a succession or repetition of the same consonance in similar motion.