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Consecutive \Con*sec"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. cons['e]cutif. See
{Consequent}.]
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 years.
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2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or
logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
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The actions of a man consecutive to volition.
--Locke.
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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
forbidden.
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{Consecutive chords} (Mus.), chords of the same kind
succeeding one another without interruption.
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