Word.ws English Dictionary

cons.

cons. is the abbreviation of constant.

cons. is the abbreviation of consultation.

cons. is the abbreviation of constable.

Meaning of constant

Noun

constant (plural constants)

  1. That which is permanent or invariable.
  2. A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.
    • We also establish that constants are local extremizers of the Tomas-Stein adjoint restriction inequality as well as of another inequality appearing in the program..2015, Emanuel Carneiro, Damiano Foschi, Diogo Oliveira e Silva, Christoph Thiele, “A sharp trilinear inequality related to Fourier restriction on the circle”, in arXiv
    Antonyms:
    variable
  3. Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
    • Based on their acid dissociation constants (pKa), seleneous^([sic]) acid (H2SeO3) and selenic acid (H2SeO4) are anionic under common environmental conditions [48], e.g., as selenite (SeO32−) and selenate (SeO42−).2015, Lenny H.E. Winkel et al., “Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A Critical Review”, in Nutrients, volume 7, →DOI
  4. An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.

See all 13 meanings of constant

Meaning of consultation

Noun

consultation (countable and uncountable, plural consultations)

  1. The act of consulting.
    • Plans were prepared under the auspices of the L.S.W.R. by W. R. Galbraith and R. F. Church, with J. F. Greathead in consultation, for a deep-level electric line on the tube principle, 1½ miles long, from a point under the main-line terminus at Waterloo to the eastern end of Queen Victoria Street...1958 August, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 517
  2. A conference for the exchange of information and advice.
    • Last month I went to a "consultation" on racism and sexism sponsored by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It was the first of a series of five conferences designed to bring people together fighting racism and sexiam ^([sic]) to discuss […]1974 April 6, Linda Thurston, “U.S. Civil Rights Conference--Heterosexuals Only”, in Gay Community News, page 3
  3. An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.

See all 4 meanings of consultation

Words formed from cons.

Phrases with cons.

Questions about cons.

What is cons. the abbreviation of?
Cons. is the abbreviation of constant.

Words near cons. in the dictionary

  1. Conry
  2. Conrys
  3. cons
  4. cons cell
  5. cons cells
  6. cons.
  7. Cons. Pol.
  8. consalazinic acid
  9. Consall
  10. Consall Forge
  11. Consalvo

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cons. (page history and authors); constant (page history and authors); consultation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “cons..” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cons.. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.