consistency
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3.6
- noun
- /kənˈsɪstənsɪ/
- The cheesecake batter should look like the consistency of melted ice cream.
- a thick consistency
- improve the consistency
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Watch on YouTubeIt's a thicker consistency than the shape tape for sure.
- It's a thicker consistency than the shape tape for sure.
- The beans, the smell, the consistency, it's all important.
- I love how the consistency is not too slick.
- It's another creamy kind of clear gel consistency and I apply that straight there.
- It's like a lotion kind of consistency, but it absorbs really quickly.
- I prefer something that feels slightly thicker in consistency to blend.
- So it's like kind of like a gel consistency.
- So your brain is soft about the consistency of soft butter.
Examples
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Unlike stony or iron meteorites, they have the consistency of dried mud.
Academic text (2001) -
It's such a nice golden hue and the consistency is so nice to work with.
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For me, I just like the consistency of shape tape.
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The beans, the smell, the consistency, it's all important.
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You could bite into an apple that has the consistency of a banana.
Academic text (2012) -
We used a standard procedure, designed to provide consistency, to gather information from the students.
Academic text (1994) -
The mud came quickly to the right consistency as I mixed the water slowly.
Fiction book (1993) -
Compost from Cedar Grove was more aerated and had greater consistency as a result.
Academic text (2000) -
There was boiled potato, mashed to the consistency of an enamel paste.
Fiction book (1992) -
The recipe calls for a frosting with a consistency similar to thick cream.
Synonyms
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6.8
How thick a material is so it keeps its shape
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5.5
A force that makes small parts stick together, for example in liquids
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4.0
A state of being hard and not hollow, like thick ice or metal
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3.9
How much a liquid or soft substance stays on other surfaces after you touch them
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3.0
Being steady and held in one place without moving
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3.3
Firmness that resists pressure, like a hard rock
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7.0
The thickness and firmness of a soft substance like batter or clay
The quality of being sticky and thick like syrup or glue
A sticky quality that makes food form long thin strings
Antonyms
How Firm
Surface Forms
Morphology
consistency = consistent (opaque) = consist + ency
Although formed from 'consistent' + '-ency', the sense 'thickness or texture' is not derivable from the common meaning of 'consistent' for many learners.
Etymology
Consistency comes from Latin consistere, from con- 'together' and sistere 'to stand'. Think of how a sauce or dough 'stands' or holds its shape—if it stays firm and thick it has good 'consistency'.