consistency

Noun

consistency (countable and uncountable, plural consistencies)

1. Local coherence.
2. Correspondence or compatibility.
3. Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
   • They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.
   • That consistency of behaviour whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just.1716 January 5 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 2. Sunday, December 26. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […]...
4. The degree of viscosity of something.
   • Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.
   • As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist
5. Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
6. (obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
   • His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London