following as a result, inference, or natural effect.-following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.-that which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.-that which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.-the second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.