Noun

(archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of firmness, solidity, density, and viscosity; consistency.

* Arbuthnot

Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup.

The staying together, or remaining in close relation, of non-physical things.

Her performance has lacked consistence over the last year.

This composer's musical work is of extraordinary consistence .

(obsolete) Standing still; quiescence; state of rest.

(obsolete) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

* Francis Bacon

Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence .

* Jeremy Taylor

We are as water, weak, and of no consistence .

(obsolete) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.

* Milton

The church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members.

Noun

(en-noun)

The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

# The direction of attention to a specific object.

# The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.

# The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.

A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.

The proportion of a substance in a whole.

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# (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))

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