Consecutive
The adjective consecutive (Latin consequi : 'following', 'following') means “immediately following” or “following”, although this can also be meant temporally, spatially or logically. The word can be found in numerous compositions and compounds in the scientific environment.
Examples:
- In logic , the characteristics of a term are consecutive which follow from others. For example, in the equilateral triangle, all three angles are equal; so equiangularity is a consecutive feature of equilateralism in triangles.
- The consecutive interpreting is the oldest type of interpreting. The interpreting is delayed, which means that if necessary, the interpreter makes notes during the lecture using a special note-taking technique and then produces a text in the target language.
- A consecutive clause (that clause) is a subordinate clause that specifies the consequence of the facts mentioned in the superordinate main clause .
- A consecutive degree consists of qualifications that build on one another, are coordinated in terms of content and have a technical connection.
- In medicine , "consecutive right heart failure" is a weakness of the right half of the heart that did not develop by itself, but rather because of an existing left heart failure .
Web links
Wiktionary: consecutive - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Kirchner , Dictionary of Basic Philosophical Terms (1907); also rainbow / Meyer, dictionary of philosophical terms (2005) / consecutive